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Time's running out on death row
The masses need appeased
Appeals and pleas have all run out
The family's running out of sweet money
Money greases the wheels of justice
That's how so many guilty rich slip away
But if you're innocent or poor
There's a higher price you'll have to pay
As the people line up outside the prison
As they wait for the lights to go dim
They say
We got have some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
Got to find some closure
Got to go kill another man
Life in prison is not good enough
Now we need to see them die
It's been this way since time began
Another eye now for an eye
It doesn't matter that they may be innocent
As long as they are strapped to the bed
As long as they have a vein to shoot up
As long as they end up dead
The death supporters are screaming at the protesters
The facts of the case get lost in the fray
They yell
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
Fighting for all the pay-per-view rights
It's what the people want and need
Injection, sleeping death
We all got a right to see
We are well within our rights
We need to put our minds at ease
So sit us down in the room off to the side
To watch the ultimate reality TV
As the images are burned into our brains
What are the lessons that we teach
When we say
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
How dare you try to tell us John Byrd
The way you want to go
You want to take a seat in Old Sparky
Like so many others have before
But that's not how killing is done today
The electric chair is too inhumane
Injections are much more tidier and neat
And the results are still the same
As they close the curtains on the body in the chamber
The audience rises up from their seats and say
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
Time's running out on death row
The masses need appeased
Appeals and pleas have all run out
There's still no call for clemency
The wheels of justice roll blindly on
It's the Just Us mentality
How can we call ourselves civilized
With blood on our hands for all to see
Go through all of this for a moment of peace
But that moment always remains out of reach
and we say
We got to have some closure
We need some more closure again
Got to find some closure
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Copyright 2001 BDG Music
The masses need appeased
Appeals and pleas have all run out
The family's running out of sweet money
Money greases the wheels of justice
That's how so many guilty rich slip away
But if you're innocent or poor
There's a higher price you'll have to pay
As the people line up outside the prison
As they wait for the lights to go dim
They say
We got have some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
Got to find some closure
Got to go kill another man
Life in prison is not good enough
Now we need to see them die
It's been this way since time began
Another eye now for an eye
It doesn't matter that they may be innocent
As long as they are strapped to the bed
As long as they have a vein to shoot up
As long as they end up dead
The death supporters are screaming at the protesters
The facts of the case get lost in the fray
They yell
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
Fighting for all the pay-per-view rights
It's what the people want and need
Injection, sleeping death
We all got a right to see
We are well within our rights
We need to put our minds at ease
So sit us down in the room off to the side
To watch the ultimate reality TV
As the images are burned into our brains
What are the lessons that we teach
When we say
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
How dare you try to tell us John Byrd
The way you want to go
You want to take a seat in Old Sparky
Like so many others have before
But that's not how killing is done today
The electric chair is too inhumane
Injections are much more tidier and neat
And the results are still the same
As they close the curtains on the body in the chamber
The audience rises up from their seats and say
We got to find some closure
Gotta get it anyway we can
We got to find some closure
Got to go and kill another man
Time's running out on death row
The masses need appeased
Appeals and pleas have all run out
There's still no call for clemency
The wheels of justice roll blindly on
It's the Just Us mentality
How can we call ourselves civilized
With blood on our hands for all to see
Go through all of this for a moment of peace
But that moment always remains out of reach
and we say
We got to have some closure
We need some more closure again
Got to find some closure
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Better send the next one in
Copyright 2001 BDG Music