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[Verse 1] The dust bowl is flooded, the northwest is dry Someone strike a match to shed us some light But all that is burned is a cross in the yard And a flood in the Ninth Parish Ward [Refrain] Climb up the hill to the Capitol Dare to hold them accountable Ask questions [Verse 2] And Jefferson the patriot, fearless and bold Takes Sally Hemmings when she's fourteen year old Cannot resist, cannot deny The way his descendants now have to try [Refrain] Climb up the hill to the Capitol Dare to hold them accountable Ask questions [Chorus] And history has eyes, history has ears History finds secrets that are buried for years Exploded, explained, exposed and explicit History will judge us either stupid or complicit And we know we are not stupid Ask questions [Verse 3] Remember the Maine, Lusitania too The Gulf of Tonkin and Pearl Harbor too Where there's a will there's a way to go to war And a profit without honor no more [Refrain] Climb up the hill to the Capitol Dare to hold them accountable Ask questions [Verse 4] And Joshua believes in heaven and in hell Polishes his trumpet in a desert motel Gamblin' and whorin' 'til his time comes around And the towers come tumblin' down [Refrain] Climb up the hill to the Capitol Dare to hold them accountable Ask questions [Chorus] And history has eyes, history has ears History finds secrets that are buried for years Exploded, explained, exposed and explicit History will judge us either stupid or complicit And we know we are not stupid Ask questions