[Verse 1] Let me tell you how I get to work I get into my car Drive it out to Arlington Dont even think about it anymore Sit in traffic with the other jerks Take exit fortyfour Drive a half mile underground And then I go to war Got hired on a DARPA grant A monthlong fellowship That was 1999 Now I run the fucking ship In my office theres a picture of The President and me Hes smiling at the camera But only with his teeth [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said Id make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But Im not allowed Youll never know what hit you Ill never make a sound [Verse 2] Spent a year or two behind the sticks Just lighting up the map Started doubleboxing it So they sent me to Iraq They put me up in the Sultan Suite At the Palestine Hotel Got some fiber and an M15 And I started raining hell Two Marines outside the door And another on the roof I never left the building once But it sure beat the commute By the time they shipped me home I wasnt sleeping anymore Got some pills from the Langley boys And I started seeing stars [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said Id make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But Im not allowed Youll never know what hit you Ill never make a sound [Verse 3] Last night I had a dream about you Same as all the rest Everything in black and white Except your summer dress Red dot on a field of static Moving down below Youre smiling for the camera But I have to let you go [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said Id make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But Im not allowed Youll never know what hit you Ill never make a sound
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