Washington DC

2016-05-096:28 minSynced lyrics

"Washington DC" is a song by GilScott-Heron, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:28 long and contains 44 lines and 349 words.

Lyrics

0:29Symbols of democracy pinned up against the coast

0:35Outhouse of bureaucracy surrounded by a moat

0:43Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight

0:48Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night

0:58Morning brings the tourists peering eyes and rubber necks

1:06To catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck

1:17It's a mass of irony for all the world to see

1:24It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

1:46It's the nation's capital

2:07It's the nation's capital

2:27It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

2:36Mmmm-hmmm

2:50May not have the glitter or the glamour of L A

3:06May not have the history or the intrigue of Pompeii

3:17But when it comes to making music and sure enough making news

3:42People who just don't make sense and people making do

3:48Seems a ball of contradictions pulling different ways

3:56Between the folks who come and go and one's who've got to stay

4:08It's a mass of irony for all the world to see

4:13It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

4:17It's the nation's capital

4:20It's the nation's capital

4:22It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

4:26Seems to me it's still in light time people knifed up on 14th street

4:35Makes me feel it's always the right time for them people showing up and coming clean

4:44Did make the one seem kind of numb

4:49It's the nation's capital

4:52It's the nation's capital

4:54It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

5:05Mmmm-hmmm

5:07Symbols of democracy pinned up against the coast

5:12Outhouse of bureaucracy surrounded by a moat

5:16Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight

5:21Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night

5:25Morning come and bring the tourists craning rubber necks

5:29Catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck

5:34It's a mass of irony for all the world to see

5:38It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

5:42It's the nation's capital

5:53It's the nation's capital

6:02It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C

6:10It's the nation's capital

6:19Got you feeling capital

6:28Punishment is capital in Washington D C

Symbols of democracy pinned up against the coast
Outhouse of bureaucracy surrounded by a moat
Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight
Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night
Morning brings the tourists peering eyes and rubber necks
To catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck
It's a mass of irony for all the world to see
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
Mmmm-hmmm
May not have the glitter or the glamour of L A
May not have the history or the intrigue of Pompeii
But when it comes to making music and sure enough making news
People who just don't make sense and people making do
Seems a ball of contradictions pulling different ways
Between the folks who come and go and one's who've got to stay
It's a mass of irony for all the world to see
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
Seems to me it's still in light time people knifed up on 14th street
Makes me feel it's always the right time for them people showing up and coming clean
Did make the one seem kind of numb
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
Mmmm-hmmm
Symbols of democracy pinned up against the coast
Outhouse of bureaucracy surrounded by a moat
Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight
Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night
Morning come and bring the tourists craning rubber necks
Catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck
It's a mass of irony for all the world to see
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital it's Washington D C
It's the nation's capital
Got you feeling capital
Punishment is capital in Washington D C

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