Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat
Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight
Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night
Morning brings the tourists, peering eyes and rubber necks
To catch a glimpse of the cowboy making the world a nervous wreck
It's a mass of irony for all the world to see
It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital
It's the nation's capital, it's Washington D.C
(mmmm-hmmm)
May not have the glitter or the glamour of L.A
May not have the history or the intrigue of Bombay
But when it comes to making music, and sure enough making news
People who just don't make sense and people making do
Seems a ball of contradictions, pulling different ways
D.C. has its history, but it was not always the nation’s capital.
Washington D.C.