It was a recession, money's cheap
It's now a depression caused by an empty seat
There is no budget, no equity
The numbers grow on government teat

I will have you, yes I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
With entitlements, more entitlements
I will capture you and enslave you

This was a recession, Now a depression
What will you promise me to make me vote for you?
(x2)

I'll feed you, I house you by day and by night
I need you, I need your vote or lose health care rights
You protest, you want to leave
I will give no alternative

Your face appears again, I see a tyrant there
And I see danger, stranger beware
A communist in your father's dreams
Your affection is not what it seems

This was a recession, Now a depression
What will you promise me to make me vote for you?
(x2)

Hope and Change has turned to madness
And more poverty called progress
Your need to possess us has consumed your soul
My rights are fleeting, I've lost all control

I will have you, yes I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
With entitlements, more entitlements
I will capture you and enslave you

This was a recession, Now a depression
What will you promise me to make me vote for you?
(x2)