Lyrics

[JIMMY] I've been through horror, I know despair I've hit rock bottom and festered that I sat in an electric chair But God had other plans [FDR, spoken] He works in mysterious ways, Jimmy [JIMMY] I feel like something inside has stirred At long, long last may the truth be heard [FDR, spoken] Go forth, Jimmy, and spread the word [JIMMY] From sea to shining sea [MAE & FDR] You have been set free to tell The truth about the wisdom we have learned [JIMMY, MAE, & FDR] Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh All about the demon weed How it grows from a demon seed [FDR, spoken] Indeed [JIMMY] That pungent smoke will rot your brain Till you're incurably insane [JIMMY, MAE, & FDR] Trust us to tell them the Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh With voices raised in song We're banishing the bong [FDR, spoken] So long [JIMMY, MAE, & FDR] Our children teeter on the brink We need to teach them what to think [JIMMY] Trust me to tell them the truth [FDR, spoken] That's the spirit, Jimmy And so, with his boyish indiscretions safely behind him Jimmy was now free to embrace his manifest destiny As a beacon of moral authority [JIMMY, spoken] Mary, you're alive [MARY, spoken] I sure am [JIMMY, spoken] But how? [MARY, spoken] Asking too many questions only leads to trouble (sung) Come to me, Romeo [JIMMY] I'm here for you, Juliet [MARY, spoken] Hooray [JIMMY] We've all learned a critical lesson tonight [JIMMY & MARY] It's never too late for redemption [MAE, spoken] Woah, time for that later We've gotta save America [MARY, spoken] But how? [JIMMY] We'll use the papers of Mr. Hearst [MAE] Flood the airwaves until they burst [JIMMY & MAE] With catchy slogans we've all rehearsed And iconography [UNCLE SAM] It's Uncle Sam [GEORGE WASHINGTON] George Washington [STATUE OF LIBERTY] And Lady Liberty [JIMMY, MAE, & FDR] Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh [JIMMY] Just who to demonize [MAE] What politics to despise [JIMMY] Get wise [MAE] We're taking down the fingerprints of Jazz musicians and immigrants [ALL] Trust us to tell you Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh [STATUE OF LIBERTY] The A-B-C's of spin [UNCLE SAM] And turning your neighbors in [STATUE OF LIBERTY] Or kin [ALL] It's all comes down to apple pie [GEORGE WASHINGTON] George Washington would never lie [ALL] Trust us to tell you Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh Let ev'ry sir an ma'am Obey their Uncle Sam [FDR] Hot damn [ALL] That famous finger's set to point [UNCLE SAM] I want you to drop that joint [ALL] Trust us to tell you Gonna tell 'em the truth, truth, truth Ev'rybody gotta know, oh, oh [STATUE OF LIBERTY] Give me your tired Give me your poor Give me your huddled masses Yearning to breathe free of reefer smoke Freedom, freedom [ALL] It's time that all of us take a stand For the preservation of our sweet land Till the things that scare us are burned or banned Or smashed to smithereens And once the reefer has been destroyed We'll start on Darwin and Sigmund Freud And sex depicted on celluloid And communists and queens When danger's near, exploit their fear The end will justify the means Means Reefer Madness