about democracy

what meanings truth and justice had

we've understood and will not pass

that bill was paid at stalingrad

(not the first time) and we are glad

to see reflected in the glass

what meanings truth and justice had

in eyes that are forever sad

seeing the bones beneath the grass

that bill was paid at stalingrad

for generations good and bad

by that immense levée-en-masse

(what meanings truth and justice had)

so demos spoke and thus forbade

the foolish claims of herrenrass

that bill was paid at stalingrad

so many folk might think us mad

to speak of mankind as one class

what meanings truth and justice had

that bill was paid at stalingrad