You need something to believe in, get behind me You need a cause you want a reason, get behind me I'm just a man with a dream and a plan I’ll bring you glory in the palm of your hand I'll make this world into whatever you want it to be if you just get behind me. If you want to be rich as Croesus get behind me If you want a hot line to Jesus get behind me I’m on the path save you from God’s wrath I’ve got the answer I did the math It's the good book or the checkbook one of those is bound to set you free If you just get behind me Get behind me I’ll be your voice Your freedom of choice Just as long as it’s my face the people see You gotta get behind me Don’t you ask me where we’re going, get behind me There’s things you’re better off not knowing, just get behind me Just ignore the allegations and the wild speculations that my casual offhandedness is careful orchestration You gotta trust me when I say I’ll be the man I said I’d be If you get behind me Get behind me I’ll be your dreams Ignore all the screams Don’t believe the things they say about me on TV Just get behind me If you wanna sail into the sunshine get behind me You wanna 24 hour buffet line get behind me I'm the captain of this cruise and that’s what i’m supposed to be There's just one thing you gotta know before we head into the stormy sea That’s when the ship is going down and there’s just one seat in the lifeboat free... You’re gonna get behind me

We sat at the edge of the beer hall and decided to find something real telling offhand stories of our victories and conquests like it’s no big deal We walked through the girls and the glory We talked about paying our dues And we kept on laughing as we gilded the mythology and drank our blues They’ll never see it coming It’s gonna happen so fast They’ll never see it coming Their heads are down or up their ass We stood on the stage at the rally and proceeded to work our plans Hitting all the right notes with our made-up quotes and our spray-on tans It was easy enough taking over We scored on the very first try With the young ones distracted by dollars and digits we slid right by They didn’t see it coming It was moving so fast They didn’t see it coming but now our time has come at last Don’t be afraid of the man Don’t question what he’s got in his hand And you oughta think twice if you think you got something to say It's a new game to play called it’s gonna be better this way We marched on the steps of the state house and positioned ourselves for the steal Then we took out the wrenches and we made a few adjustments till nobody could feel We tore up the trades and the unions We wore down the Gypsies and Jews And we set out on a mission turning factions into fiction on the TV news They coulda seen it coming Still we sold them on the lie They mighta seen it coming but they were focused on the ROI Don’t be afraid of the boss Don’t ask about the profit and loss And you oughta say thanks to your leaders at the end of each day It’s the new game we play called everything’s better this way Lighting the nation it’s liberty’s torch From the New York docks to your own back porch But it’s making our movements a little too easy to see So we unmoored the island and pushed her out into the sea When you take in the tired and poor you just lose They can yearn to breathe free but we wretchedly refuse We stood there surveying the carnage as the nation went over the cliff So we scavenged the land prying guns from the hands that were cold and stiff Then we turned them upon our own people when the voices began to get loud And we held up their skulls and ascended the pulpits just to soothe the crowds We didn’t see it coming It was moving too fast We didn’t see it coming and now we wonder how to make it last Don’t be afraid of the change when the world you know is distant and strange It could hold until tomorrow or forever and a day It’s the new game we play called it’s gonna be better this way Better be better this way Gotta be better this way Gonna be better