Electrified Fence

I hope you're aware what you're doin' -- Got a bad feeling you're not We may be headin' into ruin -- Maybe lookin' at the Doomsday clock When that end-times gong chimes out, Who will come to your defense To say you were roundin' up the cattle Behind the electrified fence? I saw death on the installment plan I saw a Petri dish full of rage I saw animals eyes in the darkness I saw the Great Idea in a cage Still I dream that we'll recover Someday in the future tense, And not brand and poke one another Behind an electrified fence Electrified fence -- Ain't there no place to turn All you sinners May you reconsider As you feel your hides start to burn When you're puttin' your love on layaway, And you pay for it as you go; When you're tellin' your lover to stay away 'cause you're scared where the heart might go -- Don't be surprised when the bank moves in And seizes your land and your tents And you're forced to move in with your animal friends By the electrified fence