between al-Qaeda and the NSA
my life's in jeopardy
my liberty is being whittled away
one wants me dead
the other wants me deaf dumb and blind
while it riffles through my life
looking for a tie that binds
me to the one that wants me dead
- nothing less, nothing more
wish I could put them both in a room
close and bolt the door
al-Qaeda will tell them
it's war without end
NSA will tell them
no more 9-11's
and after a few hours
i bet they'll be the best of friends
cause they have so much in common
like justifying means to an end
so between al-Qaeda and the NSA
I feel I'm on a tightrope
and they're making it sway
one is yelling "jump!"
the other "you have nothing to fear"
as long as we have total access
to everything that you hold dear.
yes, I know the threat is real
but here's the real deal
impinging on my rights
doesn't work to make me feel
even a little bit secure
though a lot less free
which means al-Qaeda's winning
but this you cannot see
cause to you there is no forest
there's just millions of trees
and you have to check each one
from the roots to the leaves
cause a terrorist can hide there
or so you'll have me believe
It's like using a shovel
to get honey from the bees
but I always hated al-Qaeda
since way back when
you assisted bin-Laden
fight against the Russians
oh, you say - that was the CIA
well as Snowden has shown us
CIA <=> NSA
so between al-Qaeda and the NSA
I want to choose neither
but neither will have it that way
one just wants me dead
the other just what's on my mind
I just want to tell them both
sorry, I'm just not so inclined