Three shades of grey Three shades of grey Voting don't mean nothing in this country nowadays As long as we've got wars to fight and die in ♪ 1983, 1984, yesterday, tomorrow And then the year before There's nothing you can do that they can't see ♪ Republican, Democrat, the left and the right Are all in bed with each other in the middle of the night It's all the same as long as you can learn to live in fear ♪ NPR, Fox News, CNN and NBC Are all selling you something Telling you how to believe It takes a lot of work to think for yourself ♪ Sign up and go to college, sign up and go to war Killing for your country, education for the poor There's a high price to pay, if you're gonna feel normal ♪ Three shades of grey Three shades of grey Voting don't mean nothing in this country nowadays And I wonder if it ever meant anything in the first place