A Certain Ring

Finding a name for sleight of hand
that sounds like someting else
sounds like careful thought
and sounds like balance
with the sound of fairness
perhaps sounds like applesauce
Yes, that's it, we'll call it applesauce

Finding a name for expediency
that will let us off the hook
and never show our shame
a way to toe the party line
that flows rich and slow like honey
Yes, that's it, we'll call it honey time

Finding a name for what we do
and mostly do not do
yet calls to mind our heritage
and marches well to bands
that sounds and feels like government
Yes, that's it, we'll call it government

Applesauce honey time government
It has a certain ring