He set up a man of straw with an authoritarian aura

And everybody thinks he's some kind of warrior for the Lord

Stepping on some toes that he does not know

And calling down fire on what he don't understand

Straw men straw men

Set them up for a fall when you can

Straw men straw men

Everybody loves to knock down straw men

He sees the masses dancing so he sternly reprimands them

A reduction of their stance to some kind of earthly hell

He don't know how to be tender can't appreciate beauty or gender

It's this pious anhedonia that he loves so well

Straw men straw men

Set them up for a fall when you can

Straw men straw men

Everybody loves to knockdown straw men

If true communication were ever to bless this congregation

And everyone knew just what it's like to be somebody else

And no words were hasty and all thoughts were thought through

Might our anger not find a better target than ourselves

Straw men straw men

Set them up for a fall when you can

Straw men straw men

Everybody loves to knock down straw men

Straw men straw men

Set them up for a fall when you can

Straw men straw men

Everybody loves to knock down

To knock down to knock down straw men