Night Time For The Generals Lyrics - David Crosby

Well, it's night time and the long cars 

Were arriving at the door 

The general is having another party 

There's a congressman or three 

And some guys you never see outside the bank 

There's a laughing clink of glasses 

And a polished click of boots 

Bitter talk of our country 

With a weakness in its roots 

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It's night time for the generals and the boys at the C.I.A. 

Power gone mad in the darkness 

Thinking they're God on a good day 

They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it away 

"Well, a fool won't know the difference 

It's for their own good" they said 

And they shot blind Lady Liberty 

In the back of her head 

And it's night time for the generals and the boys at the C.I.A. 

Power gone mad in the darkness 

Thinking they're God on a good day 

They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it away 

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Night time 

I said it's night time oh, oh, oh 

Night time yeah, yeah, yeah 

Night time 

They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it 

They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it 

They giveth, they taketh don't let them take it away