The apple is a shallow town When you're thirty and part of the Upwardly mobile crowd So much to say and do The deal is your God And the day gets you through but Chorus Night after night The battle for truth goes on Alone in our heads dealing with every wrong Night after night The day must be rationalized In order to deal with the way we feel Night after night A shadow is trailing D.C. Men who have made it there fight in the name of peace Hearts once sold out to the truth Now run where the votes are knowing they're losing Chorus With the truth we are so condescending It's an endless debate Tell me which one will you be defending The truth or the take Repeat Chorus Night after night