Polite Society

I will never be a part of your polite society
I've been looking from the outside in
and it seems so rude to me
the greater good you go on about
has been redefined to keep everyone out
I will never be a part of your polite society

I wouldn't shut you down
if the words that you said
were not absolute echoes of mine
or think you've lost your way
if the road you were on
didn't follow the narrowest line
but you don't feel the same
it's a sign

I will never be a part of your polite society
I've been looking from the outside in
and it's just too rude to me
the greater good you go on about
has been redefined to keep everyone out
I will never be a part of your polite society

You must be daydreaming
and when you wake up
you'll be miles from live and let live
it was such a simple thing
but you've broken the promise
and that's what's so hard to forgive
ah, there it is

I will never be a part of your polite society
I will never be a part of your polite society

The greater good you go on about
has been great at keeping everyone out
I will never be a part of your polite society
I will never be a part of your polite society

drums: Jim Keltner, bass: Don Was, electric guitar: Mark Addison
organ: Jamie Muhoberac, acoustic guitar, bg vox: Maia

Polite Society
Maia Sharp & Mark Addison
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