It was a clear blue day in September In the year two thousand and one Everybody seems to remember Very few know how it was done Jet planes flying into buildings Nobody getting in their way Tall twin towers made of concrete and steel Coming down like paper Mache And I wonder why Nobody wonders why With all this sweet, sweet, sweet sugarcoating The nightly news gone enter biz And the politicians out showboating One day somebody tell it like it is We went a huntin' for those old evil doers Down in old Afghanistan Then we lost the track and headed back to Iraq With our sights set on Iran Through the desert runs a money trail We kill and die for to defend Oh from the banks to the bankers to the tanks to the tankers It's a war that knows no end And no wonder why Very few wonder why With all this sweet, sweet, sweet sugarcoating The nightly news gone entertainment biz Oh big business out showboatin Won't somebody tell it like it is Oh who knows a truth And not afraid to tell it This song is for you Maybe if we talk we're just dead men walking But if we're silent we're living like slaves But if we follow where we lead and we're eaten what we're fed Then we might as well be sleeping in our grave Everybody out showboating Somebody wanna tell it like it is Oh somebody's gonna tell it like it is I believe somebody's gonna tell it like it is