The long and short of it is   There's no reaction   Oh well the long and short of it is   There's no reaction      People gather in cities world 'round   See them everywhere   Right to assemble and to speak out loud   Don't get you on the air      And you know they hear it all   And the roof's about to fall   In the distance they can hear us call   And they resist us but they hear the call, yeah      'Cause the long and short of it is   There's no reaction   I said the long and short of it is   There's no reaction      Interest level in this nation's great   We've been misunderstood   They check you out, they want to keep you at bay   And that's all well and good      And you know right where it's at   Executives wear party hats   But on their faces they've fallen flat   Yeah, on their faces they've fallen flat      The long and short of it is   The long and short of it is   Oh well the long and short of it is   I said the long and short of it is      Well there's no reaction   No, there's no reaction   And now there's no reaction, pal   And now there's no reaction, pal      Here now, there's no reaction, pal   There's no reaction, pal   And now there's no reaction, pal   No, no, there's no reaction, pal   So check it      The long and short of it is   The long and short of it is   I said the long and short of it is      There's no reaction   No, there's no reaction   And now there's no reaction, pal   No, no, there's no reaction, pal      Here now, there's no reaction, pal   There's no reaction, pal   And now there's no reaction, pal   No, no, there's no reaction, pal