From the recording National Insecurity
Jim Braly: Vocals, rhythm guitar
Tom Thompson: Vocals, lead guitar
Chris Purdum: Vocals, bass
Bill Mishler: Vocals, drums
Lyrics
The Decider
(Braly)
Decider, invaded Iraq
Decider, can't turn back
Decider, he's got no clue
Now whaddaya gonna do?
Decider, he's tappin' your phone
Decider, fear is his name
Decider, misled us to war
Now who are ya gonna blame?
He laughs and giggles like it's all a joke
Doesn't care about the folks he smoked
He talks to God but he doesn't listen
All those dead boys, at the Bushman's door
One-way ticket, he just wants more
Made his bed with the Blackwater whore
The auditors can't keep score
Decider, he'll steal your vote
Decider, got his dirty tricks
Decider, and dirty Karl Rove
Sick, sick politics
He laughs and giggles like it's all a joke
Doesn't care about the folks he smoked
He talks to God but he doesn't listen
Decider, spreadin' his poison
Decider, killin' Mother Earth
Decider, choppin' us down
Put us in the dirt
Decider, got his pals in oil
Decider, greasin' their palms
Decider, got his rich, rich friends
And what they took is gone
He laughs and giggles like it's all a joke
Doesn't care about the folks he smoked
He talks to God but he doesn't listen
The Bushman, he got his story
And the facts, they don't stand in his way
Twistin' the truth, makin' it up
it's a sad, sad, dark day
Decider, he's killin' this country
Decider, drive a stake through its heart
Decider, burn it to the ground
Split us all apart.
He's a divider