Step back from the blow back Step back from the blow back Step back from the blow back Plans that were hatched with the strings still attached See there's always a catch when you're livin' through a blowback You're wonderin' why you need places to hide Keep one eye to the sky when you're waiting for the blowback Sink into the mud watch out for the scud 'Cos oil is thicker than blood in the world of the blowback From ally to madman, from client to badman From Gomorrah to Saddam starring in the blowback Invisible sins, invisible kings The shit we're in, gonna drown in the spin Permanent warfare, burning up welfare Add up, add up, their share of the hardware Rights disposed off, government gloves off Flick of the wrist, summary justice Feel the kiss of the U.S. fist Hollywood, Hollywood tinsel this Fanning the flames of fanatical fervor One bad turn always deserves another Covert and subvert and secret operation Still sufferin' the consequence of active inaction Tunneling through mountains, building networks of caves Forty million dollars for forty thousand graves Collateral damage and friendly fire Talking the talk of the undercover empire Live and direct from the undercover empire Live and direct from the undercover empire Live and direct, live and direct Live and direct from the undercover empire What's the rules of engagement? What's the price of containment? Can we come to an arrangement? Make a buck off the blowback They don't know about this flow Watch your pipe line not your show It's McWorld and fries to go Starring in the blowback One sided triangle Squarin' the circle Pentagonal diagonal Caught out in the blowback Is it really all over? Are we living in end time? Don't we know that there's no time? Step back from the blowback Control, we now have air superiority Their only plane was the one we sold them last week As leaflets, food parcels explode into nails Bush chokes on a pretzel and Clinton exhales Sayin' cool down India, cool down Pakistan Here comes your new billion dollar air squadron Laying down a pipeline through Kazakstan This ends this broadcast live from absurdistan Live and direct from London, absurdistan Live and direct from London, absurdistan Step back from the, step back, step back from the blow, blowback Step back pushin', step back pushin' Step back pushin', from the blowback