The Truth Songtext

The TruthI was arrested for disturbing the peaceBut, hey, I was disturbing the warI was waving a small white handkerchiefSinging "please don't fight no more"And I thought there'd be an army each sideBut there were just two guys wearing very bad tiesSo I shouted until my throat went hoarseAnd they cut out my voicebox of courseI was taken to court in a city of goldWhere silence is a sure sign of guiltAnd you can't speak out in your own defenseOr be heard over worlds being builtAnd the trial was a farce as befitted a placeWhere comedy and tragedy share the same faceThe judge read the verdict, a curtain was raisedAn audience roared out its praiseAnd I said"Where's the truth around here today?Where do fact and fiction separate?Who's the bug guy that we have to payTo find the truth around here today?"It all made the news but the story was wrongAnd the photo wasn't even of meAnd the great god I love, he intoned from aboveYou shouldn't sniff at free publicityBut it wasn't the voice I'd expected to hearit was thin and unclear like Richard GereAnd somebody said "God's had a bad fallThat's his manager taking his calls"And I said"Where's the truth around here today?Where do fact and fiction go their separate ways?I thought we were much too clever to prayBut where's the truth to find the truth?"I was put in a cell for the whole afterlifeBut my mind was just as free as can beSomebody said, "just your body's enchained"And you can guess how that encouraged meSo I wandered and roamed for the rest of my daysI was clearing my name, I was apportioning daysAnd then I woke up, it was all a dream, all was wellBut when I woke up, I woke up in my cellAnd I said"Where's the truth around here today?Where do fact and fiction separateNo-one wants to be the one to sayWhere's the truth around here today?"I was arrested for disturbing the peace...