1984

Hey little brother I took a ride

From New York City to the port of LA

The same song playing every twenty minutes

And the radio talk is getting meaner all the way

And the music didn't change as I crossed state lines

Cops up ahead were like the cops behind

And if I closed my eyes I couldn't tell anymore

If it's 2003 or 1984

1984

Yeah the Man's got a right to know everything I say

Eye in the sky has a lock on the airwaves

The facts don't match the play of the day

They just scream a little louder God wants it this way

So let's ignore the truth it don't matter anymore

Cause it's 2003 going on 1984

1984

Hey big brother you got masses

We got the people with a mind on their own

Hey big brother you got the power of a mighty army

And we got none

Hey big brother no offense intended

But (bleep) you when you hear this song

Cause the Man's got a right to know everything I say

Eye in the sky has a lock on the airwaves

The facts don't match the play of the day

They just scream a little louder God wants it this way

So let's ignore the truth it don't matter anymore

Cause it's 2003 going on 1984

1984

Hey I've been thinking about crazy stuff like

freedom, democracy, stuff I'm not getting enough of

Hey I've been thinking about my mother that passed,

At 49 from cancer, what's up with that?

Hey I've been thinking about the man upstairs

He ain't God I'm sure of that

Cause a man's got the right to know everything I say

Eye in the sky has a lock on the airwaves

The facts don't match the play of the day

They just scream a little louder God knows it is this way

So let's ignore the truth it don't matter anymore

Cause it's 2003 going on 1984

1984