PCH-82 (Album Version)

PCH-82 - Authority Zero

No one can ever tell you what to do

Beware their words

So many quick to point the finger

Without pointing their way first

There's so much we take for granted

Take control and speak your voice

Don't let them get the upper hand

Before you have no choice

In some countries even today

Police officers may search a person's home or office

For evidence of wrongdoing cease his property

And arrest him whenever they see fit

Whenever

Whenever they see fit

In the United States on the other hand

The Fourth Amendment protects the individual

And his property from unreasonable search and seizure

By officers of the law

Double Jeopardy the Fifth Amendment

Also guarantees the individual that he will not be tried

Before a federal court more than once for the same crime

No one can ever tell you what to do

Beware their words

So many quick to point the finger

Without pointing their way first

There's so much we take for granted

Take control and speak your voice

Don't let them get the upper hand

Before you have no choice

A knock at the door whether by day or night

As a prelude to a search without authority of law

But solely on the authority of police is inconsistent

With the conception of human rights

Enshrined in the history of basic constitutional documents

Of English speaking peoples

Although the sanctity of ones privacy

Against illegal intrusion

Is one of the most important basic rights

In our Constitution

Experiences show that

Such intrusions occasionally occur

At the hands of overzealous police officers

Overzealous police officers

No one can ever tell you what to do

Beware their words

So many quick to point the finger

Without pointing their way first

There's so much we take for granted

Take control and speak your voice

Don't let them get the upper hand

Before you have no choice

Freedom of speech and freedom of press

The right to speak his mind is close

To the heart of every American

The constitution prohibits most forms of censorship

Over the press and speech makers

The argument against censorship is clear

No government official should be permitted

To dictate what ideas or beliefs

We are entitled to hear or believe

Both good and evil should be averted by more speech

And not enforced silence enforced enforced silence

Similarly while a person is free

To make speeches on public streets

He may be prevented from doing so

When he uses a loud or raucous amplifier

Which disturbs the public tranquility

No one can ever tell you what to do

Beware their words

So many quick to point the finger

Without pointing their way first