The rumor is out of London, wolf men underground A couple more in Washington, they wouldnt be too proud From Gotham to Los Angeles, we know they come and go And if theres any trouble, theres a man in Tokyo Forget about the big names, youll never find em here The seventeen behind the scenes of every great career Use every bribe and treachery, to rule every land And roundin up the infidels who raise their hands And if we knew the rest my friend, we wouldnt want to wait Id be the first in line to stand them up straight Who are the seventeen men who rule the world? We shouldve seen it comin while there was still time But soon every man will have stand in line To get his daily ration of sufferin and war But the armies of the world dont know what theyre fighting for If there was any justice we could stand our ground Go marching through the boulevards to bring them down Now if they meet resistance, Ill sell them on my plan Im thinking seven figures but Ill take a hundred grand Well soften up the country with lies and beer And then the true believers will have no fear The wealth of every nation will fall into their hands And now we know the reason is just because they can
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