Mamma's makin' mimeos, Pete's on the stereo,
Singin' 'bout freedom. Bugs in the bedroom,
Big investigation, danger to the nation.
Search and seizure, better buy a lawyer,
"We know you're a member, saw you under cover.
Are you hiding evidence?" None o' this makes any sense.

They called the FBI (FBI), I had to disappear.
Called the T-men, G-men, see you at the scene, men.
Told 'em I was hidin' here.
They could fingerprint my heart, I knew it from the start.
Ain't no place for a face to hide from God and the FBI.

Commies, Pinkos, Reds at the windows.
Foreign agitators runnin' elevators.
J. Edgar Hoover in a pink tu-tu.
Investigatin' anyone who thinks like a-you.
Welcome to the fifties, you look a little shifty.

They called the FBI (FBI), I had to disappear.
They called the T-men, G-men, bein' at the scene, men.
Told 'em I was hiding here.
They could fingerprint my heart, I knew it from the start.
Ain't no hole for a soul to hide from God and the FBI.

(Ha, ha, ha.)

Instrumental break.

Stay flat, don't rat.
What's a Proletariat? Stalin was a Democrat.
Washington is where it's at!
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/IThQEvery politician is a sewer of ambition.
Hide me, hide you, better hide the baby too.
"We demand an interview. How long have you been a Jew?
We can make you testify, freedom is no alibi."

They called the FBI (FBI), I had to disappear.
They called the T-men, G-men, see you at the scene, men.
Told 'em I was hiding here.
They could fingerprint my heart, I knew it from the start.
Ain't no place for a face to hide from God and the FBI.

Instrumental to end.

GOD & THE FBI1
Written by: Janis Ian
Performed by: Janis Ian-2000
Appears on: God & the FBI (US-11 tracks)2-2000 & God & the FBI
(Japan-14 tracks)-2000.

1The album's/song's title refers to Janis' early life when the FBI
thought her father was a Communist. They hounded him and the family
for years, which had a tremendous effect on her. She tells the story,
"My dad was a chicken farmer who made the mistake of going to a meeting
about the price of eggs. They picked him up for questioning the next day.
We were on the watch list from then on. It's scary to look at that
period in our country's history, and discover that you were being watched
by informers through binoculars while you played at summer camp."

2Transcribed from the track on this album.

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