Red tape, red tape, bureaucratic ache,
Noise of democracy.
White noise, white noise, high speed decoys.

Red tape, red tape,
White noise, white noise.
Wait in line, you'll be one,
And you'll be two, and you'll wait in line.

This line, that line leads to another line,
Noise of democracy.
Sign here, sign here, sign on the dotted line.

This line, that line,
Sign here, sign there.
Three, four, five, six, seven,
Wait in line, wait in line.

Take a number,
Take a number.
Take a number... for information,
Take a number... for validation.

Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.
Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.

Take a number,
Take a number.
Take a number,
Take a number.

Take a number... for certification,
Take a number... for information.
Take a number... for certification, take a number... for validation.
Take a number... for information, take a number... for validation.

Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.
Sons and daughters of the filing line,
Biding time in the firing line.

Carbon, carbon, carbon, paper,
Noise of democracy.
bargain, bargain, bargain paper,
Noise of democracy.

Red tape, red tape,
White noise, white noise.

This line, that line leads to another line,
Noise of democracy.
Sign here, sign here, sign on the dotted line.

Red tape, red tape, bureaucratic ache,
Noise of democracy.
White noise, white noise, high speed decoys,
Noise of democracy.
Carbon, carbon, carbon paper,
Noise of democracy.
Bargain, bargain, bargain paper,
Noise of democracy.