Timbuk 3 - Just Another Movie lyrics

Presidential elections are planned distractions To divert attention from the action behind the scenes Like a game of chess when the house is a mess Or a petty money squabble when your marriage is in trouble Or a football game when there's rioting in the streets It's just another movie, another song and dance Another poor s**er who never had a chance It's just another captain going down with his ship Just another jerk, taking pride in his work I was a poor magician; I could never understand You can't make tears disappear through sleight of hand From the bottom of my heart -- off the top of my head Words were pulled like rabbits from a hat but nothing was said Now my freedom's bought and paid for -- it lights up my living room I got nothing more to prove; I've got no reason to move And when I'm tired of the program -- when it's taken it's toll I can press a bu*ton, change the channel by remote control