Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Step right up, folks, to the midnight show,
Where the dog whistles blow and the lies all grow.
It don’t call for mercy, it don’t call for light,
Just sets all the dogs howlin’ deep in the night.

[Chorus]
Hear that whistle, sharp and sly,
Some folks bark and don’t know why.
Chasin’ each other round the town,
While the big bad wolf just shakes us down.

[Verse 2]
They teach us to argue, they fuss and they fight,
Over bathrooms, books, and who prays right.
While power keeps flowin’ to the man on top,
The noise in the street never seems to stop.

[Chorus]
Hear that whistle, sharp and sly,
Some folks bark and don’t know why.
Chasin’ each other round the town,
While the big bad wolf just shakes us down.

[Bridge]
I dreamed that the whistle had lost its tone,
And we quit chasing the tune they were blowin’.
The barking went quiet, the night turned clear,
Till the hush of the night was all you could hear.

[Verse 3]
We built a new chorus from voices around,
Not led by a whistle, but the truth we found.
A dream worth singing, though the fight is long,
To turn down the noise and turn up the song.

[Final Chorus]
Hear that whistle, sharp and sly,
Some folks bark and don’t know why.
But I’m a dreaming we’ll one day choose,
To rise above the Dog Whistle Blues.