Not Everything that Counts Can Be Counted Billy Bragg

Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it
Though that's impossible to do
But too many have invested in this outcome
They simply can't afford for it not to come true

We ceded too much power to the market
Let it decide what's right or wrong
Now everyone seems willing to lend credence
And truth is so devalued, it's going for a song

Not everything that counts can be counted
Who holds the markets to account?
Not everything that counts can be counted
Not everything that can be counted counts

People have had enough of experts
And their inconvenient facts
Here's what the media really won't tell ya
Exactly who it is that's taking control back

All opinions are equal
In the free market of ideas
And truth is nothing more than an opinion
That's the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers

Not everything that counts can be counted
Who holds the market to account?
Not everything that counts can be counted
Not everything that can be counted counts