Already Gone

And they bided their time
'til we let our guards down.
Then they sold us out to China;
packed 'em up and shut her down.

They knew we wouldn't believe it
'til the doing was done.
Knew we'd take it for granted
'til it's already gone.

And they knew they'd control us
if they kept us well fed.
They could kill it so slowly
we wouldn't know it was dead.

They knew we wouldn't believe it
'til the killin' was done.
Knew we'd take it for granted
'til it's already gone.

And they kept us distracted
and they made us choose sides
between God and our conscience,
between false hope and lies.

They knew we wouldn't believe it
'til the doing was done.
Knew we'd take it for granted
'til it's already gone.