You see it every day in every way 

We all hear the same routines 

They all say that it's okay 

Just let us take care of everything 



So we lay it on the line 



Chorus: 

Layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Layin' it all, right on the line 

Just layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Layin' it all, we're livin on the front line 



I can see it in the faces 

We got trouble in the streets tonight 

And power keeps us in our places 

And it doesn't matter if you're left or right 



You lay it on the line 



Layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Just layin' it all, right on the line 

Layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Layin' it all, right on the line 



Take it to the wilderness 

Into the jungle sun 

Lookin' for the voice of reason 

Inside this Babylon 



(Guitar solo) 



Got U.S. boys on foreign soil 

Spillin' their blood to keep the peace 

Cities will vanish in turmoil 

While the sheiks lay sleepin' on the beach 



We lay it on the line 



Layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Layin' it all, right on the line 

Just layin' it on the line, layin' it on the line 

Layin' it all, right on the line 

Layin' it on the line 

Just layin' it all 

Layin' it on the line 

Just layin' it all