Good Riddance october

i woke up screaming
just the other night
awakened by another dream
i thought back to '80
thinking what would've happened
if everything wasn't how it seemed
ten years the lie survives
fucking with american lives
reduced to pawns in a power play
too long they've suffered
not for america
just for a lead on election day
my october my america
running out of time
my october my america
read between the lines