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Bob Dylan Lyrics for Song: Political World
 Lyrics for Album: Oh Mercy [1989]
 
 
 
 37418>We live in a political world
 
 Love don't have any place
 
 We're living in times
 
 Where men commit crimes
 
 And crime don't have any face.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Icicles hanging down
 
 Wedding bells ring
 
 And angels sing
 
 Clouds cover up the ground.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Wisdom is thrown in jail
 
 It rots in a cell
 
 Is misguided as hell
 
 Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Where mercy walks the plank
 
 Life is in mirrors
 
 Death disappears
 
 Up the steps into the nearest bank.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Where courage is a thing of the past
 
 Houses are haunted
 
 Children unwanted
 
 The next day could be your last.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 The one we can see and feel
 
 But there's no one to check
 
 It's all a stacked deck
 
 We all know for sure that it's real.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 In the cities of lonesome fear
 
 Little by little
 
 You turn in the middle
 
 But you're never sure why you're here.
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Under the microscope
 
 You can travel anywhere
 
 And hang yourself there
 
 You always got more than enough rope.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Turning and trashing about
 
 As soon as you're awake
 
 You're trained to take
 
 What looks like the easy way out.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Where peace is not welcome at all
 
 It's turned away from the door
 
 To wonder some more
 
 Or put up against the wall.
 
 
 
 We live in a political world
 
 Everything is hers and his
 
 Climb into the frame
 
 And shout God's name
 
 But you're never sure what it is.
 
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| Album Lyrics: Oh Mercy [1989] |  
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  Bob Dylan
 "Oh Mercy [1989]"
 
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