Lyrics

THE RIGHT ALWAYS NEEDS A WRONG


In the 1950s we feared the Commies
People building shelters in their back yards.
Senator McCarthy was pointin? fingers
At writers and actors and folksingers
The Right always needs a wrong.


Then in the 60s it was the Viet Cong
President said it was our duty and it wouldn?t take too long
More and more boys went, fewer coming home.
Now we got a lotta names in Washington in stone.
The Right always needs a wrong.


Now that I am older with kids of my own,
I struggle to explain to them what?s going on.
Towers came a?tumblin? down, need someone to blame.
Can?t find the other guy, let?s blame it on Hussein.
The Right always needs a wrong.


All the newsmen say things aren?t going well.
All the men of God tell us we?re going straight to Hell.
With darkness all around us, it?s hard to see the light.
As long as hate guides the way there?s always another fight.
The Right always needs a wrong.