Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] "Baron" you were Back before we put the knife in Daily galloping your cause around Manufactured to the hyphen You made your claims Ran your hand across our cities Making enemies and breaking hearts With your wife and your committee [Chorus] Oh, was it all necessary? Oh, give it back, Red Baron! [Verse 2] Living a dream She was manicured in rubies And he used her as the "Baroness" In the gospel he was proving And on a roll You were polishing pretenses While the rest of us were panicking In the ruins of our defenses [Chorus] And oh, was it all necessary? Oh, give it back, Red Baron! Oh, was it necessary? Necessary Oh, give it back, Red Baron [Verse 3] We sicced a man upon him Practiced in forgery Who made a living out of hidden aces He battled through the papers And found the missing ink To wipe the fables off the Baron's faces "Baron, I think that I've made up my mind You're not the man you've been playing See, the shade is not the same You've written in your name You'd better start praying it's all a game 'Cause I'm gonna put you in the fire! I've been hired By the miners Whom you rag upon Put your lands up The game is over Give it back to Arizona!" [Verse 4] And so the knives were brandished The cat escaped the bag And everybody formed a line around him They got him on the platform And raised the banner flag When from the parlor came a voice resounding "Stop what you're doing, can this be for real? The Baron is nobody's puppet! And if he's only fantasy Then what to do with me? Maybe I'm just an accessory? I won't be made a method actor!" No one backed her She went scrambling For obscurity Never shedding Her persona "The Baroness of Arizona" [Verse 5] Then in the air above them Their man began to weep They left him praying and the sky was pouring And so it all receded Back into history The tables turning and the engines roaring [Interlude] [Verse 6] Where do they go All our misbegotten grifters? Will they ever find themselves again After all the veils are lifted? The Baron, we're told Tried his hand at irrigation But eventually he met his end In the shadows of a nation And I ask you now: [Chorus] Oh, was it all necessary? Oh, give it back, Red Baron Oh, was it necessary? Necessary Please, give it back, Red Baron Give it back, man [Outro] Oh, necessary Necessary Give it back, Red Baron Oh, necessary Necessary Give it back Give it back, Red Baron Oh, necessary Necessary Give it back, Red Baron Oh, necessary Necessary Ooh Oh, necessary Necessary