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Orthodoxy

Old man Jan told the elders
You ain’t doing this right
And they said what, you’re putting up a fight
The council said meet us up for dinner
He showed up but there was no table
A pair of handcuffs and some matches
Would be Jan’s only utensils
His only song was one he’d learned at home
They took his clothes but not his right
To say what he thought and felt like
So they threw his body in the river

He failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

She led the French into battle
And embarrassed all the English men
So when they got the chance
They knew they had to punish her
They put her on trial just to mock her
Ridicule her fashion and ask what she thinks she’s doing
She wasn’t allowed to defend herself
To say she was doing what she thought was right
The judge who sentenced her didn’t listen
So Willy called her a witch

She failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

Well Pastor John said all men should be free
And when the slavers forgot to agree
He reminded them by gathering up a little band
They played quite an aggressive tune
Making the neighbors complain they were too loud
When they asked him to please be quiet
He said sometimes you have to bring the axe
A tree don’t chop itself down if it can help it
His band toured straight to the courthouse
He got bad reviews in the local press
So the authorities decided to string him up

He failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

Danton made his name with the blade
But woke up one day no longer thinking it was okay
He said hey president let’s reconsider
But the president called him a terror
They brought him up on false charges
That he couldn’t have even done
And said he was working with a foreigner
When Danton said please, I didn’t do that
They said we’ve got an old toy here
They put his head under the blade
When it was over he blinked three times

He failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

They got him for corruption of the youth
His lawyer said that’s a very serious charge
You’ll probably do quite a bit of time
Now I’ll have time to read some books
They didn’t like that he questioned things
And made fun of everyone’s gods
Life would be much better if
We didn’t claim to know everything and
More often thought of justice
They had a drink for him and
He took his very last gulp

He failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

Mr. Mandel told them to go to hell
When they questioned him about the authority
He said they were the worst of it
Bringing in their goons to wack people
Down and throw them into cages
Just for being interested in the case
Maybe they’re insane, maybe they’re terrorists
Maybe they just like to watch a brain bleed
He’s got his boy to look after
So the aristocrats, better keep clucking
Because they won’t get anything from him

He failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

Emma was from Old Europe
Here they didn’t like her ideas
She wrote articles and marched
But they just told her to get out of here
She said well why don’t you make me
And they brought her to a ship
She laughed the whole way there
Because now she’d been proven right
The land of the free was nothing but
A pretense for gross inequality
She took the next boat to Canada

She failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

Oh Eddie you better leave
Both the place you were and the place you are
Julie I guess they caught you too
Chelsea needs to learn to run and to hide
And to not tell the truth
Because when you expose lies they call secrets
Don’t be surprised when they down planes
And start to create chaos with old allies
The popes in their high chairs and logos
Would rather smite than be wrong
Break up the trinity because

They failed to keep orthodoxy
Better keep your mind straight
And your opinions right
Orthodoxy – if you’re feeling too light
They’ll decide your fate

She said hey it’s cool to go to school
The old men didn’t like that
Because their religion was one of guns
They said it was for honor and for
Something above but to us they’re just
A band of lifeless crooks and losers
They pulled over her bus one day
Told the teacher she’d be tardy today
And the bus driver to enjoy unemployment
Then they shot the girl in the head
It didn’t slow her down very much