Lie Detector

by Dead Kennedys

From the album: Bedtime for Democracy

Track 21 of 21 on Bedtime for Democracy (1986).

Duration: 3:43

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Lyrics for Lie Detector

We have reviewed your yellow form Congratulations, we find you qualified You've just the right capacity For putting up with our nonsense There's just one thing you've got to prove We know how you must be dishonest and lazy If you're so desperate You actually want to work at this place You must be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Till you're proven innocent these days Blood pressure clamps around your arms Now don't get nervous when we yell in your face We know you steal, just who do you screw? With what, with who, aren't you a Christian? The polygraph, don't make it move One little twitch, the anvil drops on you Don't matter if you told the truth We want your facial egg for our file You must be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Till you're proven innocent these days Proven innocent these days March! Ha, ha! Guilty - Till proven innocent Guilty - It says so on your face Guilty - When you try to find Guilty - A place to live or a job that pays Guilty - When you file a complaint Guilty - Against the cop that kicked your face last night Guilty - It says so on page three Guilty - Who'd think a guy like me Would plant drugs in your car? Break in your house while you're asleep Open your mouth, bet your ass you're watched And it's your word against ours Yeah, just because we're hiring you No, that don't mean that we trust you at all You'll have to take a test like this Once or twice every week We know machines, they make mistakes And it's your word against our dead black box The machine is always right 'Cause we know how it makes you feel so small You must be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Till you're proven innocent Be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Be guilty - Lie detector Till you're proven innocent these days Proven innocent these days 'Cause when you're innocent... When you're innocent... When you're innocent it just don't pay

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