Evil Empire Lyrics - Joe Jackson

There's a country where no one knows 

What's going on in the rest of the world 

There's a country where minds are closed 

With just a few asking questions 

Like what do their leaders say 

In sessions behind closed doors 

And if this is the perfect way 

Why do we need these goddamn lies 

This doesn't go down too well 

"We give you everything and you throw it back 

Don't like it here you can go to hell 

You're either with or against us . . ." 

There's a country that's great and wide 

It's got the biggest of everything 

Try to attack it and you can't hide 

Don't say that you haven't been warned 

You can't hide in a gunman's mask 

Or kill innocent folks and run 

But if you're good at it they might ask - 

Come on over to the other side 

There's a country that's tired of war 

There's a country that's scared inside 

But the bank is open and you can draw 

For guns to fight in their backyard 

I could go on but what's the use 

You can't fight them with songs 

But think of this as just 

Another tiny blow against the Empire 

Another blow against the Evil Empire 

Just another blow against the Evil Empire