Yeah, you've been tempted, brother
You want a honey backed guarantee
You were looking for thrills and dressed up to kill
Socialism, straight in the mainline
You took a taste of that sweet salvation

Socialism, straight in the mainline
'Coz I saw you with the sugar man
Comrades, people of the world
Bourgeois Parlimentarianism
What a society we're livin' in
Looks like temptation's got a hold on you

Round the holes in your hypocrisy

Now you walk the line tryin to buy yourself time
Mr. IV Lenin, Lenin of love
Hooked up on those dollars and dimes
Soviet power, it's enough to give me the fucking blues
You hear some line from a song that reminds you
See you're wasting away now
You're so hungry for that smell of money

(Something about government)
See you're wasting away now
They say Lenin was wrong, who says?
Of a time when you were seventeen
But the bees they are buzzin' and the flies they are hummin'
See you're wasting away now
The highest state of society
What do we want?

Got them Bourgeoisie Blues
Sellin' third world drugs at first world prices
She's eatin' away at your dreams

You been wastin' away for years

Gonna make us feel so fine
You're so hungry for that smell of money
Here you were hustlin' with some heavy connections
Third world debt, first world exploitation
She's eatin' away at your dreams

With a hit of socialism in the mainline
The memory moves ya but ya feel kinda confused
And what kinda power?
I know you're searching for some new sensation

It's enough to give me the fucking blues

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You been tempted, sister, too
'Coz now money is your melody
Now you're eatin' out the palm of his hand
Socialism, straight in the mainline
We ain't got nothing to lose
You been wastin' away for years

Looks like temptation's got a hold on you

Any motherfucker messin' with your goldmine