Laws by committee
Wars by committee
Governs by committee
It's the most effective way
Years ago, some time ago
A man I hardly knew
Talked too much and pointlessly,
so I sliced that man in two
He may have felt the blow I struck,
but it doesn't show today
I brought him back to life again,
and I had a debt to pay
Be sure by committee,
justice by committee,
it's the most objective way.
It had to come, I knew it would,
not cruel and then not kind.
Just asking what I'd done and why
Just opening my mind
And when it comes, what can you do
But offer to explain
How people bleed their lives away
An d truth is down the drain
That sounds very glib, they said.
You above it all,
deciding for another man.
Who gave you the call?
You say they're fair.
I say it too.
But they kill the bird of paradise.
Yes, they do.
Yes, they do.
Laws by committee,
wars by committee,
governed by committee,
it's the most effective way.
It could just be
that you'll ask me
to drive away with you.
Together leave it all behind
and try for something new.
I'd do it, yes, I think I would,
it's one thing we could do.
But will you cut my head clean off,
or will I do it to you?
I don't know, but I know it's all in me
The sky, the road,
your blond hair is in me
The thought that can explode, or fade,
into convening another