[00:08.90]Surrogates and shadowy henchmen galore
[00:12.67]Party hacks and swift-boatin' talk-show whores
[00:16.58]Look at all the lies it takes, the job of making kings
[00:23.94]You can own the truth, you just gotta conceive it
[00:28.24]Put it on the television screen, they'll believe it
[00:32.24]It's a beautiful thing
[00:35.17]It's a beautiful thing
[00:44.80]We wonder how our leaders could ever deceive us
[00:48.10]While the profiteers count their cash and praise Jesus
[00:52.43]The press sings another chorus of "Let Freedom Ring"
[01:00.58]We send our boys away to come home in parts
[01:04.51]Believe the lies with all our hearts
[01:08.80]It's a beautiful thing
[01:11.20]It's a beautiful thing
[01:16.65]Dissention is a song only fools and traitors sing
[01:24.52]Just look at all the benefits your global economy brings
[01:32.73]Today we sing the gilded age's song
[01:36.80]The 20th century's dead and gone
[01:40.61]It's a beautiful thing
[01:43.24]It's a beautiful thing
[02:25.13]I live in a land of hope and betrayal
[02:29.11]I get up each morning, try to tell the tale
[02:32.90]And so until my dying day whatever fate may bring
[02:41.41]A dark age looms, there's evil at hand
[02:45.80]Somehow I still believe in the goodness of man
[02:49.56]It's a beautiful thing
[02:51.95]It's a beautiful thing
[02:56.85]It's a beautiful thing
[02:59.92]It's a beautiful thing