David Warmke

[Refrão] D C Keep The Machine, keep The Machine a moving C D7sus2 G Keep the train a rolling, at all costs, Keep the train a rolling D C Run into Problems, well just Find a scapegoat to blame C D7sus2 G Keep on railroading, keep in steaming, steaming right along [Verso 1] D Am We fired a City Attorney in May 26 D Am An election uproar the reason D Am A 31-year-old City Charter finally used literally C D7sus2 G Whoops, it is illegal, it has been illegal for 3 decades [Refrão] D C Keep The Machine, keep The Machine a moving C D7sus2 G Keep the train a rolling, at all costs, Keep the train a rolling D C Run into Problems, well just Find a scapegoat to blame C D7sus2 G Keep on railroading, keep in steaming, steaming right along [Verso 2] D C The Election Date picked for low turnout C D7sus2 G The large faithful Chamber vote loyal easily rules this town D C The Chamber Selected on the ballot, they are easily elected C D7sus2 G The Machine keeps rolling, The Machine keeps rolling [Refrão] D C Keep The Machine, keep The Machine a moving C D7sus2 G Keep the train a rolling, at all costs, Keep the train a rolling D C Run into Problems, well just Find a scapegoat to blame C D7sus2 G Keep on railroading, keep in steaming, steaming right along [Verso 3] D Am Now if it is close make, it a plurality D Am Harder to vote out an incumbent no runoff D Am All the perfect plan for a long long time C D7sus2 G Keep The Machine running, keep it in charge [Verso 4] D C Whoops it is illegal, What do we do C D7sus2 G Fine a scape goat, our outstanding City attorney will do D C Do it quietly, Do it quietly in executive session C D7sus2 G Whoops she made her honorable stand in General Session Outro: D C Keep The Machine, keep The Machine a moving C D7sus2 G Keep the train a rolling, at all costs, Keep the train a rolling D C Run into Problems, well just Find a scapegoat to blame C D7sus2 G Keep on railroading, keep in steaming, steaming right along D C Wheels coming off, we can still ride C D7sus2 G We can still ride it till it finally Crashes. Looks like that may be real soon