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Desaparecidos
Payola
Epitaph Records , 2015
cd, album
Auch auf Vinyl erhältlich
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas
but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your words
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line
even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak.
They signed your checks
’til they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man at Fort Bragg
You’ll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts,
if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth
’til you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas
but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your words
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line
even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak.
They signed your checks
’til they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man at Fort Bragg
You’ll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts,
if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth
’til you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
All the founding fathers
sowed their seeds into servant girls
All the godless heathens
had to leave to make a newer world
So we could live together in America
Justice is blind and so is love
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
All the stolen melodies
they played in the hit parade
All the borrowed spirituals
they feigned in the salad days
So we could sing together in America
The price of an anthem paid in blood
Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills
(Carved names into a wall)
To build that shining city on the hill
(Forgot them all)
There’s no guilt, regret or shame
It just had to be this way
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
If you scheme and hustle just don’t get caught,
you’ve got to risk it all
Or hang on every number
they read off for the Powerball
We’ll all get rich together in America
Money is indifferent and so is love
Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills
(Put statues on the mall)
We left that bombed-out city on the hill
(Forgave them all)
Have to relocate the past
Because we are never going back
Uh-oh Uh-oh
(x)
All the founding fathers
sowed their seeds into servant girls
All the godless heathens
had to leave to make a newer world
So we could live together in America
Justice is blind and so is love
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
All the stolen melodies
they played in the hit parade
All the borrowed spirituals
they feigned in the salad days
So we could sing together in America
The price of an anthem paid in blood
Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills
(Carved names into a wall)
To build that shining city on the hill
(Forgot them all)
There’s no guilt, regret or shame
It just had to be this way
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
If you scheme and hustle just don’t get caught,
you’ve got to risk it all
Or hang on every number
they read off for the Powerball
We’ll all get rich together in America
Money is indifferent and so is love
Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills
(Put statues on the mall)
We left that bombed-out city on the hill
(Forgave them all)
Have to relocate the past
Because we are never going back
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Services that don’t exist
Swapping the derivatives
When you’re betting on both red and black
It’s dealer’s choice the deck is always stacked
Now he runs the company
Cable news celebrity
They put him on the front of Forbes
He parades the bull like he’s a matador
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CEOs
Telling dirty jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
It’s a bonus not a shake down
And they’re worth every penny
in my bank account
Now that you’re too big to fail
You’ll never have to go to jail
When you own it you can rob the bank
A bloated Dillinger a spray-tanned Jesse James
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CFOs
Telling racist jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
And if Main Street wants a hand out
In their underwater houses let them drown
(x)
Services that don’t exist
Swapping the derivatives
When you’re betting on both red and black
It’s dealer’s choice the deck is always stacked
Now he runs the company
Cable news celebrity
They put him on the front of Forbes
He parades the bull like he’s a matador
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CEOs
Telling dirty jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
It’s a bonus not a shake down
And they’re worth every penny
in my bank account
Now that you’re too big to fail
You’ll never have to go to jail
When you own it you can rob the bank
A bloated Dillinger a spray-tanned Jesse James
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CFOs
Telling racist jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
And if Main Street wants a hand out
In their underwater houses let them drown
My whole family tree has got nothing to eat
The machine guns guard the checkpoint
from starving refugees
So when I stop to pray for the fifth time today
Still see my sister Alma
with a hole in her skull
As the tanks pulled away
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Can’t afford no dream with a G.E.D.
Recruiter shook my brother’s hand
now he’s all he can be
So when his team’s Humvee hit the I.E.D.
Me and my mother we cried
in our new double wide
Around the Christmas tree
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
(x)
My whole family tree has got nothing to eat
The machine guns guard the checkpoint
from starving refugees
So when I stop to pray for the fifth time today
Still see my sister Alma
with a hole in her skull
As the tanks pulled away
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Can’t afford no dream with a G.E.D.
Recruiter shook my brother’s hand
now he’s all he can be
So when his team’s Humvee hit the I.E.D.
Me and my mother we cried
in our new double wide
Around the Christmas tree
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
(x)
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I’m going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you’ll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They’re overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you’re not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We’ve been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let’s go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don’t know what’s going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains remains remains
(x)
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I’m going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you’ll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They’re overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you’re not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We’ve been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let’s go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don’t know what’s going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains remains remains
Always fast asleep in the middle of the day
They talk soft at my bedside, now, either way
Fill out the paperwork
it’s just another little form
Each policy has its benefits
but some claims aren’t covered anymore
I’ll pay the blood test money
Heavy premium I had to quit my job
Don’t want to sponge off the government
but I’m coughing blood
I met the specialist who will decide my fate
She smiled down at my X-ray
said I’m an ideal candidate
But you got to understand
It’s not part of the plan
It’s good news but you’re not out of the woods
You got to wait your turn boy
Be careful what you earn
And we’ll call you back
Just try and stay strong honey
Always wide awake in the middle of the night
Follow my friends through the telephone
but it isn’t life
Feeling incomplete, I got the crossword done
I’ll be prepared when they cut me up
but I can’t imagine hell or heaven
But I finally understand
It’s all out of my hands
I lived way longer than they said I would
So now I’m taking all your love
Like an experimental drug
Come by sometime a laugh would do me good
We got to let it go boys
You know we’re all on hold
‘Til they call you back
(x)
Always fast asleep in the middle of the day
They talk soft at my bedside, now, either way
Fill out the paperwork
it’s just another little form
Each policy has its benefits
but some claims aren’t covered anymore
I’ll pay the blood test money
Heavy premium I had to quit my job
Don’t want to sponge off the government
but I’m coughing blood
I met the specialist who will decide my fate
She smiled down at my X-ray
said I’m an ideal candidate
But you got to understand
It’s not part of the plan
It’s good news but you’re not out of the woods
You got to wait your turn boy
Be careful what you earn
And we’ll call you back
Just try and stay strong honey
Always wide awake in the middle of the night
Follow my friends through the telephone
but it isn’t life
Feeling incomplete, I got the crossword done
I’ll be prepared when they cut me up
but I can’t imagine hell or heaven
But I finally understand
It’s all out of my hands
I lived way longer than they said I would
So now I’m taking all your love
Like an experimental drug
Come by sometime a laugh would do me good
We got to let it go boys
You know we’re all on hold
‘Til they call you back
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
(x)
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
Just “like” this and the problem is solved
I want to start to kick back and get involved
Everyone is selfless it’s so much fun
Donate a dollar with my coffee and save someone
Calling all friends I loosely know
We’re a tight knit clique in the virtual
Our purses are fat these kids are gaunt
Every little bit helps a lot
Never had conviction ’til I changed my mind
Read we coexist in the drive-thru line
Cleaning out my closet to make amends
Send a Nike swoosh to an African
Casinos stretched high in the Dubai sky
All the oligarchs in the buffet line
Cause everybody’s starving
for their piece of pie
Seems impossible… but the dreamers say say…
Come! Come On!
There’s so much to do we can get it done
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
The race is done
The money’s gone
But you’re living strong with your bracelet on
All the parrots say say
Come! Come On!
You don’t have to march
you just click your thumb
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
(x)
Just “like” this and the problem is solved
I want to start to kick back and get involved
Everyone is selfless it’s so much fun
Donate a dollar with my coffee and save someone
Calling all friends I loosely know
We’re a tight knit clique in the virtual
Our purses are fat these kids are gaunt
Every little bit helps a lot
Never had conviction ’til I changed my mind
Read we coexist in the drive-thru line
Cleaning out my closet to make amends
Send a Nike swoosh to an African
Casinos stretched high in the Dubai sky
All the oligarchs in the buffet line
Cause everybody’s starving
for their piece of pie
Seems impossible… but the dreamers say say…
Come! Come On!
There’s so much to do we can get it done
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
The race is done
The money’s gone
But you’re living strong with your bracelet on
All the parrots say say
Come! Come On!
You don’t have to march
you just click your thumb
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
It’s not intrusion
It’s just protection
Tag your location now
We call it Fairview
We searched your searches
You’re not a bad guy
Nothing to worry about
We call it Lithium
I know it seems like we are spying on you
That’s not what it’s about
We’re always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We’ll protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
It’s all up front there is no confusion
We’ll mitigate the doubts
We protect you from us protecting you
The methods that we use are sound
Down in the subway
Turns out my friend’s brown
They had to pat him down
And check my backpack
Out at the airport
Don’t like my passport
Let’s take that laptop out
Is this your husband?
I know it seems like we are picking on you
That’s not what it’s about
We are always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
The oversight was quite conclusive
The panel checked us out
We protect you from us protecting you
No waste, fraud or abuse was found
That’s laughable
These bleeding hearts are soft
But they’ll be first in line to kiss our feet
Once the bombs start going off
(x)
It’s not intrusion
It’s just protection
Tag your location now
We call it Fairview
We searched your searches
You’re not a bad guy
Nothing to worry about
We call it Lithium
I know it seems like we are spying on you
That’s not what it’s about
We’re always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We’ll protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
It’s all up front there is no confusion
We’ll mitigate the doubts
We protect you from us protecting you
The methods that we use are sound
Down in the subway
Turns out my friend’s brown
They had to pat him down
And check my backpack
Out at the airport
Don’t like my passport
Let’s take that laptop out
Is this your husband?
I know it seems like we are picking on you
That’s not what it’s about
We are always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
The oversight was quite conclusive
The panel checked us out
We protect you from us protecting you
No waste, fraud or abuse was found
That’s laughable
These bleeding hearts are soft
But they’ll be first in line to kiss our feet
Once the bombs start going off
It’s hot as hell
The sun beats down
While we’re waiting for gelato
in a brutal crowd
He makes you walk
Ten steps behind
A shadow floating down the street,
just a pair of eyes
And they’re closed
Can’t see the sweat
that’s on your skin
While your husband looks through Gucci shades
Wears white linen
What kind of God forbids you’re seen?
Maybe it’s just a man
who thinks you’re property?
I’ll never understand the way you live
I want to ask about it and it isn’t innocent
What keeps you covered up?
Some backwards superstition
or someone’s idea of love?
Or is it both at once?
(x)
It’s hot as hell
The sun beats down
While we’re waiting for gelato
in a brutal crowd
He makes you walk
Ten steps behind
A shadow floating down the street,
just a pair of eyes
And they’re closed
Can’t see the sweat
that’s on your skin
While your husband looks through Gucci shades
Wears white linen
What kind of God forbids you’re seen?
Maybe it’s just a man
who thinks you’re property?
I’ll never understand the way you live
I want to ask about it and it isn’t innocent
What keeps you covered up?
Some backwards superstition
or someone’s idea of love?
Or is it both at once?
Tearing all the posters off the wall
Never leave my bedroom
but I’m going to the mall
This world is full of liars
and it’s Christmastime
To pay for fake affection
you’ll have to stand in line
Woman with the stroller likes the latest trends
Bet she’ll still look perfect
at the automatic end
Hide or beg
Doesn’t matter either way
Just count the ones that drop
Not scream or scatter
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
The news said that the safe was left unlocked
His mother was a monster, his stepdad was a cop
No one paid attention to the warning signs
Can never be too careful
that is why I carry mine
Proud and brave
But I will say I was afraid
Stand the ground you got
Don’t duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Shoot or you’ll be shot
Hero forever
They will know my name
Just count the ones that drop
Not duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
(x)
Tearing all the posters off the wall
Never leave my bedroom
but I’m going to the mall
This world is full of liars
and it’s Christmastime
To pay for fake affection
you’ll have to stand in line
Woman with the stroller likes the latest trends
Bet she’ll still look perfect
at the automatic end
Hide or beg
Doesn’t matter either way
Just count the ones that drop
Not scream or scatter
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
The news said that the safe was left unlocked
His mother was a monster, his stepdad was a cop
No one paid attention to the warning signs
Can never be too careful
that is why I carry mine
Proud and brave
But I will say I was afraid
Stand the ground you got
Don’t duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Shoot or you’ll be shot
Hero forever
They will know my name
Just count the ones that drop
Not duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
Can’t live today off that minimum wage
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
(x)
Can’t live today off that minimum wage
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
Desaparecidos
Te Amo Camila Vallejo
self-released , 2013
7" vinyl, single
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your word
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak
They signed your checks, tip, they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man, Ft. Bragg
You'll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts, if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth, tip, you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your word
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak
They signed your checks, tip, they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man, Ft. Bragg
You'll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts, if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth, tip, you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
Desaparecidos
Anonymous
self released , 2013
7" vinyl, single
(x)
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams, take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
(x)
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams, take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
Desaparecidos
MariKKKopa
self released , 2012
7" vinyl, single
(x)
(x)
Desaparecidos
Read Music/Speak Spanish
Saddle Creek , 2002
cd, album
(x)
What you learned, what you read in their books
All they offered, what you saw when they told you to look
A final offer, well, today we are giving birth to a new future
Yes, today we are giving birth to our own future
We will learn, we will love, we will work to change each other
We will spread, we will cover the earth like air and water
Tomorrow is blank, well, just fill it in with our little answers
If we are stopped, well, just start again
That is the new offer, that's it, that is our final one
(x)
What you learned, what you read in their books
All they offered, what you saw when they told you to look
A final offer, well, today we are giving birth to a new future
Yes, today we are giving birth to our own future
We will learn, we will love, we will work to change each other
We will spread, we will cover the earth like air and water
Tomorrow is blank, well, just fill it in with our little answers
If we are stopped, well, just start again
That is the new offer, that's it, that is our final one
Well, traffic is kind of bad
They're widening Easy Street to fit more SUVs
They're planting baby trees to grow to shady peaks
A little shelter from the sun and the upper tax bracket
Here on the cul-de-sac we are not giving back
Until the community repents
Because we can't afford to be generous
There are closing costs and a narrow margin
So go earn your degree and we'll take you out to lunch
You can work for us but you have eat them all up
One more mouthful and we will be happy then
Out West they are moving dirt
To make a greater Omaha
Another franchise sold
So there are even more restaurants per capita
And they all have got a drive-thru
I mean, who's got time to dine?
Although the floors are clean and the color scheme
It compliments me every time
So no one starves in this cattle town
The semi's pass making squealing sounds
And it's all-u-can-eat and they will never get enough
They'll be feeding us, they'll be feeding on us
One more mouthful and they will be happy then
All those golden fields, lovely empty space
They're building drug stores now until none remains
I have been driving for 100 blocks
Saw 50 Kum and Go's, 60 parking lots
One more mouthful and I'm sure they will be happy then
Just one more, just one more
(x)
Well, traffic is kind of bad
They're widening Easy Street to fit more SUVs
They're planting baby trees to grow to shady peaks
A little shelter from the sun and the upper tax bracket
Here on the cul-de-sac we are not giving back
Until the community repents
Because we can't afford to be generous
There are closing costs and a narrow margin
So go earn your degree and we'll take you out to lunch
You can work for us but you have eat them all up
One more mouthful and we will be happy then
Out West they are moving dirt
To make a greater Omaha
Another franchise sold
So there are even more restaurants per capita
And they all have got a drive-thru
I mean, who's got time to dine?
Although the floors are clean and the color scheme
It compliments me every time
So no one starves in this cattle town
The semi's pass making squealing sounds
And it's all-u-can-eat and they will never get enough
They'll be feeding us, they'll be feeding on us
One more mouthful and they will be happy then
All those golden fields, lovely empty space
They're building drug stores now until none remains
I have been driving for 100 blocks
Saw 50 Kum and Go's, 60 parking lots
One more mouthful and I'm sure they will be happy then
Just one more, just one more
I'm growing out my hair
Like it was when I was single
It was longer than I'd known you
I had no money then
I had no worries then at all
But with such a high standard of living
I just feel like I am dying
I would start an argument but you can barely even talk
But there is always good reason for your silence
You have to take care of some business
So I fix your plate and I stay out of the way
And you will stay like that forever
Right in front of your computer
You'll look up one day, but you won't recognize me
So now you want to change
You read a letter from a lawyer
Want to take me out to dinner
Want to bury me under a mound of shopping bags
Like it would really make a difference
Or make up for your disinterest
I'm a bill you pay, I'm a contract you can't break
And it is like I'm underwater
Or on an endless escalator
I just go up and up, but I don't ever reach the top
And it reads just like the Bible
Twenty centuries of scandal
I guess it all depends on how you interpret it
The word is love
The word is loss
The words are damaged goods
That I what I am
A lifetime gets chalked up to an experience
Coincidence, we are chained to the events, that's it
(x)
I'm growing out my hair
Like it was when I was single
It was longer than I'd known you
I had no money then
I had no worries then at all
But with such a high standard of living
I just feel like I am dying
I would start an argument but you can barely even talk
But there is always good reason for your silence
You have to take care of some business
So I fix your plate and I stay out of the way
And you will stay like that forever
Right in front of your computer
You'll look up one day, but you won't recognize me
So now you want to change
You read a letter from a lawyer
Want to take me out to dinner
Want to bury me under a mound of shopping bags
Like it would really make a difference
Or make up for your disinterest
I'm a bill you pay, I'm a contract you can't break
And it is like I'm underwater
Or on an endless escalator
I just go up and up, but I don't ever reach the top
And it reads just like the Bible
Twenty centuries of scandal
I guess it all depends on how you interpret it
The word is love
The word is loss
The words are damaged goods
That I what I am
A lifetime gets chalked up to an experience
Coincidence, we are chained to the events, that's it
They say it's murder on your folk career
To make a rock record with the disappeared
We'll let the police helicopters pull stereos out of the lake
There is not an image that I must defend
There are no art forms now, just capitalism
So send the National Guard to the Mall of America
And they can dress dead bodies up in tight designer jeans
Diesel, Prada, it looks good, it looks good, yeah it does
I'm going to lie down with a common sound
I'm going to bury my blues so it's never found
I'm going to learn to pay attention to the television sets
And if my sadness needs a catalyst
I'll just uncover my eyes, so much stimulus
And at the shopping epicenter I have an agoraphobic fit
So buy a fountain soda, put some sugar on my tongue
I'll wake up and write some songs with no soul, with no soul
(x)
They say it's murder on your folk career
To make a rock record with the disappeared
We'll let the police helicopters pull stereos out of the lake
There is not an image that I must defend
There are no art forms now, just capitalism
So send the National Guard to the Mall of America
And they can dress dead bodies up in tight designer jeans
Diesel, Prada, it looks good, it looks good, yeah it does
I'm going to lie down with a common sound
I'm going to bury my blues so it's never found
I'm going to learn to pay attention to the television sets
And if my sadness needs a catalyst
I'll just uncover my eyes, so much stimulus
And at the shopping epicenter I have an agoraphobic fit
So buy a fountain soda, put some sugar on my tongue
I'll wake up and write some songs with no soul, with no soul
(x)
He hides in his suit like a snake in the grass
His sales-pitch forked-tongue hissed
Now the wolves wear their name tags
They are hunting in packs
Herding their prey up the aisles and back
They're smiling
Their teeth are showing
While the doctors and lawyers like vultures descend
They swoop down to the scene of the car accident
To pick the victims to pieces
Then there is the sly silver fox
Makes his money tele-scamming notch babies
He says, "The end is near, buy my policy
I'll make you young again
I'll make you young again"
Loan sharks will circle, until they can make sure it's paid
Take the cash from my hand
Hear the register sing
And the roar of the lion logo on the screen
He's hungry, I should buy some popcorn
So I exit the dark, feeling blind in the sun
And the bobcats look tired
They ate their fill of asphalt
Because we need more parking
With so many up at the pulpit
Rams and bugs
The news cameras capture guerrilla warfare
Eagles into buildings crash landed
Despair is all that there is now
In a cubical cage that smells like a rat
Whose smile gets bigger along with your debt
Don't take it personal
It's just business
(x)
He hides in his suit like a snake in the grass
His sales-pitch forked-tongue hissed
Now the wolves wear their name tags
They are hunting in packs
Herding their prey up the aisles and back
They're smiling
Their teeth are showing
While the doctors and lawyers like vultures descend
They swoop down to the scene of the car accident
To pick the victims to pieces
Then there is the sly silver fox
Makes his money tele-scamming notch babies
He says, "The end is near, buy my policy
I'll make you young again
I'll make you young again"
Loan sharks will circle, until they can make sure it's paid
Take the cash from my hand
Hear the register sing
And the roar of the lion logo on the screen
He's hungry, I should buy some popcorn
So I exit the dark, feeling blind in the sun
And the bobcats look tired
They ate their fill of asphalt
Because we need more parking
With so many up at the pulpit
Rams and bugs
The news cameras capture guerrilla warfare
Eagles into buildings crash landed
Despair is all that there is now
In a cubical cage that smells like a rat
Whose smile gets bigger along with your debt
Don't take it personal
It's just business
Propped up at the pulpit
A speech to please the poles
With Coca-Cola trickling down my throat
Well, would you save all of your bottles
If I promised a refund?
Its going to come, I swear
I swear, I swear, I swear that it is
If you've got a special interest
There is influence I could sell
Just like water takes the shape of where it is held
I'm overflowing with ambition but I got to keep in mind
The bottom line is the dollar signs and big bright lights
Inequality franchised, the next location is mine
We're going to lower costs
It's a work of art, our giant golden arch
I'm going to start a factory the size of a country
I'm going to teach them all to work for liberty
Oh, but I'm not one for handouts
No they got to pay their dues
They can make our shoes and then we'll walk on you
Always on the move
We heard that business will boom
If some people are removed
I know there's all body types
But we have just one size
I don't care if its right
It's the dollar signs and the big bright lights
Inequality franchised, every location is mine
You just do your part, form a line
Let's march under the golden arch
March, march, march, march
(x)
Propped up at the pulpit
A speech to please the poles
With Coca-Cola trickling down my throat
Well, would you save all of your bottles
If I promised a refund?
Its going to come, I swear
I swear, I swear, I swear that it is
If you've got a special interest
There is influence I could sell
Just like water takes the shape of where it is held
I'm overflowing with ambition but I got to keep in mind
The bottom line is the dollar signs and big bright lights
Inequality franchised, the next location is mine
We're going to lower costs
It's a work of art, our giant golden arch
I'm going to start a factory the size of a country
I'm going to teach them all to work for liberty
Oh, but I'm not one for handouts
No they got to pay their dues
They can make our shoes and then we'll walk on you
Always on the move
We heard that business will boom
If some people are removed
I know there's all body types
But we have just one size
I don't care if its right
It's the dollar signs and the big bright lights
Inequality franchised, every location is mine
You just do your part, form a line
Let's march under the golden arch
March, march, march, march
The man at the bank said, "Oh, let's not talk percentages"
You work a fourteen hour day, and still have two mortgages
You asked the state for aid
They gave you an ad campaign that didn't help
You took your family and joined in the urban sprawl
Can't see the stars as well but you're near the mall
Don't know where you stand no more
In line at a convenience store that's way too long
Used to work your land, fed a thousand mouths
Now you eat their shit for the money now
Emptied your heart to fill your bank account
Well, I should talk, I'm just the same
Buy my records down at the corporate chain
I tell myself I shouldn't be ashamed, but I am
So adolescence made her an activist
Now she's the one who does all the lecturing
They got their eighteen holes
She told them to dig one more, the dream is dead
Won't eat their food or wear their clothes
Always wants to know where her money goes
But will shell it out for filling up her nose
So run it up, I'll run my mouth
But never mind the shit that I sing about
Because I'd sell myself to buy a fucking house
Twelve thousand square foot, four car garage
Tennis court, swimming pool, in the backyard
I know it can seem like a lot
That's why I pay someone to clean it up
We're going to clean it up
My big house
(x)
The man at the bank said, "Oh, let's not talk percentages"
You work a fourteen hour day, and still have two mortgages
You asked the state for aid
They gave you an ad campaign that didn't help
You took your family and joined in the urban sprawl
Can't see the stars as well but you're near the mall
Don't know where you stand no more
In line at a convenience store that's way too long
Used to work your land, fed a thousand mouths
Now you eat their shit for the money now
Emptied your heart to fill your bank account
Well, I should talk, I'm just the same
Buy my records down at the corporate chain
I tell myself I shouldn't be ashamed, but I am
So adolescence made her an activist
Now she's the one who does all the lecturing
They got their eighteen holes
She told them to dig one more, the dream is dead
Won't eat their food or wear their clothes
Always wants to know where her money goes
But will shell it out for filling up her nose
So run it up, I'll run my mouth
But never mind the shit that I sing about
Because I'd sell myself to buy a fucking house
Twelve thousand square foot, four car garage
Tennis court, swimming pool, in the backyard
I know it can seem like a lot
That's why I pay someone to clean it up
We're going to clean it up
My big house
Desaparecidos
Payola
Epitaph Records , 2015
cd, album
Auch auf Vinyl erhältlich
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents
on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails
down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams
take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved
that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
Make a mess when we pitch our tents
on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails
down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams
take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved
that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
(x)
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents
on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails
down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams
take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved
that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
Make a mess when we pitch our tents
on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails
down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams
take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved
that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas
but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your words
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line
even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak.
They signed your checks
’til they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man at Fort Bragg
You’ll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts,
if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth
’til you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas
but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your words
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line
even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak.
They signed your checks
’til they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man at Fort Bragg
You’ll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts,
if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth
’til you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
All the founding fathers
sowed their seeds into servant girls
All the godless heathens
had to leave to make a newer world
So we could live together in America
Justice is blind and so is love
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
All the stolen melodies
they played in the hit parade
All the borrowed spirituals
they feigned in the salad days
So we could sing together in America
The price of an anthem paid in blood
Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills
(Carved names into a wall)
To build that shining city on the hill
(Forgot them all)
There’s no guilt, regret or shame
It just had to be this way
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
If you scheme and hustle just don’t get caught,
you’ve got to risk it all
Or hang on every number
they read off for the Powerball
We’ll all get rich together in America
Money is indifferent and so is love
Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills
(Put statues on the mall)
We left that bombed-out city on the hill
(Forgave them all)
Have to relocate the past
Because we are never going back
Uh-oh Uh-oh
(x)
All the founding fathers
sowed their seeds into servant girls
All the godless heathens
had to leave to make a newer world
So we could live together in America
Justice is blind and so is love
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
All the stolen melodies
they played in the hit parade
All the borrowed spirituals
they feigned in the salad days
So we could sing together in America
The price of an anthem paid in blood
Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills
(Carved names into a wall)
To build that shining city on the hill
(Forgot them all)
There’s no guilt, regret or shame
It just had to be this way
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Uh-oh Uh-oh
If you scheme and hustle just don’t get caught,
you’ve got to risk it all
Or hang on every number
they read off for the Powerball
We’ll all get rich together in America
Money is indifferent and so is love
Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills
(Put statues on the mall)
We left that bombed-out city on the hill
(Forgave them all)
Have to relocate the past
Because we are never going back
Uh-oh Uh-oh
Services that don’t exist
Swapping the derivatives
When you’re betting on both red and black
It’s dealer’s choice the deck is always stacked
Now he runs the company
Cable news celebrity
They put him on the front of Forbes
He parades the bull like he’s a matador
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CEOs
Telling dirty jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
It’s a bonus not a shake down
And they’re worth every penny
in my bank account
Now that you’re too big to fail
You’ll never have to go to jail
When you own it you can rob the bank
A bloated Dillinger a spray-tanned Jesse James
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CFOs
Telling racist jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
And if Main Street wants a hand out
In their underwater houses let them drown
(x)
Services that don’t exist
Swapping the derivatives
When you’re betting on both red and black
It’s dealer’s choice the deck is always stacked
Now he runs the company
Cable news celebrity
They put him on the front of Forbes
He parades the bull like he’s a matador
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CEOs
Telling dirty jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
It’s a bonus not a shake down
And they’re worth every penny
in my bank account
Now that you’re too big to fail
You’ll never have to go to jail
When you own it you can rob the bank
A bloated Dillinger a spray-tanned Jesse James
It’s a frat house full of silver spoons
Watching pornography of busts and booms
It’s a locker room of CFOs
Telling racist jokes
They’re all betting men who never lose
And float away on golden parachutes
And if Main Street wants a hand out
In their underwater houses let them drown
My whole family tree has got nothing to eat
The machine guns guard the checkpoint
from starving refugees
So when I stop to pray for the fifth time today
Still see my sister Alma
with a hole in her skull
As the tanks pulled away
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Can’t afford no dream with a G.E.D.
Recruiter shook my brother’s hand
now he’s all he can be
So when his team’s Humvee hit the I.E.D.
Me and my mother we cried
in our new double wide
Around the Christmas tree
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
(x)
My whole family tree has got nothing to eat
The machine guns guard the checkpoint
from starving refugees
So when I stop to pray for the fifth time today
Still see my sister Alma
with a hole in her skull
As the tanks pulled away
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Can’t afford no dream with a G.E.D.
Recruiter shook my brother’s hand
now he’s all he can be
So when his team’s Humvee hit the I.E.D.
Me and my mother we cried
in our new double wide
Around the Christmas tree
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
I’m so surprised my mind’s a tug-o-war
Radicalized! Radicalized!
Radical lies! Radical lies!
It’s no surprise my mind’s not mine no more
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
(x)
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I’m going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you’ll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They’re overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you’re not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We’ve been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let’s go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don’t know what’s going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains remains remains
(x)
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I’m going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you’ll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They’re overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you’re not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We’ve been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let’s go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don’t know what’s going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains remains remains
Always fast asleep in the middle of the day
They talk soft at my bedside, now, either way
Fill out the paperwork
it’s just another little form
Each policy has its benefits
but some claims aren’t covered anymore
I’ll pay the blood test money
Heavy premium I had to quit my job
Don’t want to sponge off the government
but I’m coughing blood
I met the specialist who will decide my fate
She smiled down at my X-ray
said I’m an ideal candidate
But you got to understand
It’s not part of the plan
It’s good news but you’re not out of the woods
You got to wait your turn boy
Be careful what you earn
And we’ll call you back
Just try and stay strong honey
Always wide awake in the middle of the night
Follow my friends through the telephone
but it isn’t life
Feeling incomplete, I got the crossword done
I’ll be prepared when they cut me up
but I can’t imagine hell or heaven
But I finally understand
It’s all out of my hands
I lived way longer than they said I would
So now I’m taking all your love
Like an experimental drug
Come by sometime a laugh would do me good
We got to let it go boys
You know we’re all on hold
‘Til they call you back
(x)
Always fast asleep in the middle of the day
They talk soft at my bedside, now, either way
Fill out the paperwork
it’s just another little form
Each policy has its benefits
but some claims aren’t covered anymore
I’ll pay the blood test money
Heavy premium I had to quit my job
Don’t want to sponge off the government
but I’m coughing blood
I met the specialist who will decide my fate
She smiled down at my X-ray
said I’m an ideal candidate
But you got to understand
It’s not part of the plan
It’s good news but you’re not out of the woods
You got to wait your turn boy
Be careful what you earn
And we’ll call you back
Just try and stay strong honey
Always wide awake in the middle of the night
Follow my friends through the telephone
but it isn’t life
Feeling incomplete, I got the crossword done
I’ll be prepared when they cut me up
but I can’t imagine hell or heaven
But I finally understand
It’s all out of my hands
I lived way longer than they said I would
So now I’m taking all your love
Like an experimental drug
Come by sometime a laugh would do me good
We got to let it go boys
You know we’re all on hold
‘Til they call you back
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
(x)
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
Just “like” this and the problem is solved
I want to start to kick back and get involved
Everyone is selfless it’s so much fun
Donate a dollar with my coffee and save someone
Calling all friends I loosely know
We’re a tight knit clique in the virtual
Our purses are fat these kids are gaunt
Every little bit helps a lot
Never had conviction ’til I changed my mind
Read we coexist in the drive-thru line
Cleaning out my closet to make amends
Send a Nike swoosh to an African
Casinos stretched high in the Dubai sky
All the oligarchs in the buffet line
Cause everybody’s starving
for their piece of pie
Seems impossible… but the dreamers say say…
Come! Come On!
There’s so much to do we can get it done
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
The race is done
The money’s gone
But you’re living strong with your bracelet on
All the parrots say say
Come! Come On!
You don’t have to march
you just click your thumb
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
(x)
Just “like” this and the problem is solved
I want to start to kick back and get involved
Everyone is selfless it’s so much fun
Donate a dollar with my coffee and save someone
Calling all friends I loosely know
We’re a tight knit clique in the virtual
Our purses are fat these kids are gaunt
Every little bit helps a lot
Never had conviction ’til I changed my mind
Read we coexist in the drive-thru line
Cleaning out my closet to make amends
Send a Nike swoosh to an African
Casinos stretched high in the Dubai sky
All the oligarchs in the buffet line
Cause everybody’s starving
for their piece of pie
Seems impossible… but the dreamers say say…
Come! Come On!
There’s so much to do we can get it done
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
The race is done
The money’s gone
But you’re living strong with your bracelet on
All the parrots say say
Come! Come On!
You don’t have to march
you just click your thumb
Come one, Come all!
We are trending towards a cause
It’s not intrusion
It’s just protection
Tag your location now
We call it Fairview
We searched your searches
You’re not a bad guy
Nothing to worry about
We call it Lithium
I know it seems like we are spying on you
That’s not what it’s about
We’re always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We’ll protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
It’s all up front there is no confusion
We’ll mitigate the doubts
We protect you from us protecting you
The methods that we use are sound
Down in the subway
Turns out my friend’s brown
They had to pat him down
And check my backpack
Out at the airport
Don’t like my passport
Let’s take that laptop out
Is this your husband?
I know it seems like we are picking on you
That’s not what it’s about
We are always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
The oversight was quite conclusive
The panel checked us out
We protect you from us protecting you
No waste, fraud or abuse was found
That’s laughable
These bleeding hearts are soft
But they’ll be first in line to kiss our feet
Once the bombs start going off
(x)
It’s not intrusion
It’s just protection
Tag your location now
We call it Fairview
We searched your searches
You’re not a bad guy
Nothing to worry about
We call it Lithium
I know it seems like we are spying on you
That’s not what it’s about
We’re always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We’ll protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
It’s all up front there is no confusion
We’ll mitigate the doubts
We protect you from us protecting you
The methods that we use are sound
Down in the subway
Turns out my friend’s brown
They had to pat him down
And check my backpack
Out at the airport
Don’t like my passport
Let’s take that laptop out
Is this your husband?
I know it seems like we are picking on you
That’s not what it’s about
We are always there when no one is watching
We’ll be looking out
We protect you
Swear we’re protecting you
The oversight was quite conclusive
The panel checked us out
We protect you from us protecting you
No waste, fraud or abuse was found
That’s laughable
These bleeding hearts are soft
But they’ll be first in line to kiss our feet
Once the bombs start going off
It’s hot as hell
The sun beats down
While we’re waiting for gelato
in a brutal crowd
He makes you walk
Ten steps behind
A shadow floating down the street,
just a pair of eyes
And they’re closed
Can’t see the sweat
that’s on your skin
While your husband looks through Gucci shades
Wears white linen
What kind of God forbids you’re seen?
Maybe it’s just a man
who thinks you’re property?
I’ll never understand the way you live
I want to ask about it and it isn’t innocent
What keeps you covered up?
Some backwards superstition
or someone’s idea of love?
Or is it both at once?
(x)
It’s hot as hell
The sun beats down
While we’re waiting for gelato
in a brutal crowd
He makes you walk
Ten steps behind
A shadow floating down the street,
just a pair of eyes
And they’re closed
Can’t see the sweat
that’s on your skin
While your husband looks through Gucci shades
Wears white linen
What kind of God forbids you’re seen?
Maybe it’s just a man
who thinks you’re property?
I’ll never understand the way you live
I want to ask about it and it isn’t innocent
What keeps you covered up?
Some backwards superstition
or someone’s idea of love?
Or is it both at once?
Tearing all the posters off the wall
Never leave my bedroom
but I’m going to the mall
This world is full of liars
and it’s Christmastime
To pay for fake affection
you’ll have to stand in line
Woman with the stroller likes the latest trends
Bet she’ll still look perfect
at the automatic end
Hide or beg
Doesn’t matter either way
Just count the ones that drop
Not scream or scatter
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
The news said that the safe was left unlocked
His mother was a monster, his stepdad was a cop
No one paid attention to the warning signs
Can never be too careful
that is why I carry mine
Proud and brave
But I will say I was afraid
Stand the ground you got
Don’t duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Shoot or you’ll be shot
Hero forever
They will know my name
Just count the ones that drop
Not duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
(x)
Tearing all the posters off the wall
Never leave my bedroom
but I’m going to the mall
This world is full of liars
and it’s Christmastime
To pay for fake affection
you’ll have to stand in line
Woman with the stroller likes the latest trends
Bet she’ll still look perfect
at the automatic end
Hide or beg
Doesn’t matter either way
Just count the ones that drop
Not scream or scatter
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
The news said that the safe was left unlocked
His mother was a monster, his stepdad was a cop
No one paid attention to the warning signs
Can never be too careful
that is why I carry mine
Proud and brave
But I will say I was afraid
Stand the ground you got
Don’t duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Shoot or you’ll be shot
Hero forever
They will know my name
Just count the ones that drop
Not duck or cover
Careful when I aim
Even dead and gone
I’ll live forever
They will know my name
Can’t live today off that minimum wage
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
(x)
Can’t live today off that minimum wage
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
Desaparecidos
Te Amo Camila Vallejo
self-released , 2013
7" vinyl, single
Side 1
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I'm going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you'll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They're overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you're not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We've been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let's go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don't know what's going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains, remains, remains
I'm going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you'll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They're overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you're not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We've been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let's go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don't know what's going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains, remains, remains
(x)
When tear gas falls and bullets fly
I'm going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you'll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They're overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you're not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We've been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let's go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don't know what's going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains, remains, remains
I'm going to stay right by your side
The police push and you just smile
They could never match your style
All winter we will march
By spring this town is ours
Oh Camila
You have a fire in your heart
They tried to say this was impossible
But I know you'll prove them wrong
Oh Camila
You have the people in your palm
They're overflowing in the plaza
Here to sing your rebel song
Assassins stalk and insults fly
I know you're not afraid to die
And when I look into your eyes
I know that now neither am I
Hear the cacerolazos start
Banging down the boulevard
Oh Camila
Now the future is on the way
The workers are resisting
And the students chant your name
Oh Camila
We've been saving for today
Let me carry your umbrella
Let's go walking in the rain
Oh Camila
You put a fire in my heart
I don't know what's going to happen
But I want to do my part
Oh Camila
If it all goes up in flames
Once the lies and greed and fear burns out
The truth is what remains, remains, remains
Side 2
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your word
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak
They signed your checks, tip, they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man, Ft. Bragg
You'll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts, if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth, tip, you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
(x)
You were calling out from the underground
You had lots of big ideas but no one can hear them now
They riddled you with guilt
They tempted you with wealth
They twisted all your word
They made you hate yourself
So now you do your shtick, a loyal patriot
And you toe the party line even though it makes you sick
They gave you talking points
They taught you double-speak
They forced you into war
By saying you were weak
They signed your checks, tip, they had you in the bag
They scared you blind then draped you in a flag
Made you a man, Ft. Bragg
You'll do good business as an apologist
If you exaggerate their facts, if you perpetuate their myth
They made activism trite
They made honor optional
They made propaganda news
They made science radical
They pulled your teeth, tip, you smiled and agreed
They slit your throat and buried you at sea
All for the land of the free
Desaparecidos
Anonymous
self released , 2013
7" vinyl, single
Side 1
Can’t live today off that minimum wage unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience, strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door and discovered some more, a hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget, we are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist, underfed eat the rich and the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
If there is anything great left in this sorry state it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience, strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door and discovered some more, a hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget, we are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist, underfed eat the rich and the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
(x)
Can’t live today off that minimum wage unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience, strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door and discovered some more, a hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget, we are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist, underfed eat the rich and the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
If there is anything great left in this sorry state it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience, strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
“Slay Goliath! Slay Goliath!”
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door and discovered some more, a hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget, we are legion, expect us, you’ll see
The righteous will resist, underfed eat the rich and the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
You can’t stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We’re the Tattletale
We’ll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
Side 2
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams, take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
(x)
It begins when we chain ourselves to the ATMs
Make a mess when we pitch our tents on the statehouse steps
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
Now we’re taking it, now we’re taking it back
For the greater good
Goddamn Robin Hoods
Fan the flames, serve them cocktails down at the Stock Exchange
Hear the screams, take our baseball bats to the limousines
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
They’ll be talking us, they’ll be talking us up
To the journalists
If there’s any left
You know the Sixties proved that change is hit or miss
Every bloody pacifist concedes the truth
If one must die to save the ninety-nine
Maybe it’s justified
The left is right
We’re doomed
Desaparecidos
MariKKKopa
self released , 2012
7" vinyl, single
Side 1
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
(x)
There is a lynching at Home Depot
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
of the last day laborer
In this sanctuary city
with its anchor-baby births
They say “It’s time we had some justice
for the white race on this earth
This place is strange and getting stranger”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door tonight we’re ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
They got some nerve to say
they were here first”
“We’re gonna round them up!
Hiding in the semi-trailers”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
We keep our word and Maricopa pure”
They’re sweating in Sun City
cause they just got off the course
Saying “Sheriff Joe it’s awful
and it’s only getting worse”
“Oh did you hear about Rob Krentz?
They left him bleeding in the dirt
These Spics they’re brave and getting braver”
“We got to round ’em up!
Door to door the posse is ready”
Knock Knock Knock
“Drag them from their beds
Cause it’s their turn for someone to get hurt”
“We’re gonna round ’em up!
Crying in the day-care center”
Knock Knock Knock
“Beat it in their heads
They’ll never learn until Maricopa burns!”
Side 2
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
(x)
I was scanning through the stations
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
Every channel sounded clear
With tempo like a timepiece
You know you are on a grid
you just slide the snare
No worries for admission
Cause we got you on the list
But when your boy found out we don’t put out
You know his face turned red
and he got so pissed
Now there is a message
on my cell phone everyday
“Hi, this is Luke Wood from DreamWorks”
“This is Joel Mark from MCA”
Capitol!
Send the A&R with a firm offer
Interscope!
If the answer is no you can write your own
But the frenzy Britt warned me of has begun
Their cash cow killed himself so they’re looking for the next one
I was glancing through a glossy
I had to scribble out my face
Because I’m always self-effacing
Or I’m just arrogant I guess they both are fake
Like when you listen back on headphones
With a trickle in you throat
You know it’s hard to sing
and I’ve been struggling
But with some Auto-Tune I can hit the note
So it’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
“You know that first note was flat
but the rest I think sounded great”
Capitol!
Trash the mobile home at the festival
Interscope!
Throw that big TV off the balcony
Cause the excess excess is drying up
So when the bottom drops out boys
we will be the lucky ones
Desaparecidos
Read Music/Speak Spanish
Saddle Creek , 2002
cd, album
It's night but I can't stay asleep
Like you do straight through until morning
When you pour my coffee and say, "Baby
All that caffeine causes bad dreams
Where all your anxieties are unleashed"
Well, lately my days aren't much better
I can't concentrate while I'm at work
I just think and think until my head hurts
Of the payment plans I'm making
I just wanted to provide for you
But if you want to make a run for it
My love, I'd cover you
And if you need money for bills
My lover, I could cover you
Because I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
I'll get more hours at my dad's shop
Yeah, we'll plan for everything
And we'll enroll in that middle class
Get a compact car full of discount tags
If you're feeling trapped or too attached
Remember we wanted that
And if you need money for bills this month
My love, I'd cover you
And if you have to lie to everyone
Well, I'd cover up for you
Because we're growing older, growing up
Just like our parents before us
With your new job at the coffee shop
We are ready for everything
And we'll graduate that middle class
Get a nicer car full of shopping bags
If you're feeling sad, kind of detached
Remember we wanted that
Just remember we wanted it
Yeah, I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
With the extra hours I picked up
We will pay for everything
Like you do straight through until morning
When you pour my coffee and say, "Baby
All that caffeine causes bad dreams
Where all your anxieties are unleashed"
Well, lately my days aren't much better
I can't concentrate while I'm at work
I just think and think until my head hurts
Of the payment plans I'm making
I just wanted to provide for you
But if you want to make a run for it
My love, I'd cover you
And if you need money for bills
My lover, I could cover you
Because I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
I'll get more hours at my dad's shop
Yeah, we'll plan for everything
And we'll enroll in that middle class
Get a compact car full of discount tags
If you're feeling trapped or too attached
Remember we wanted that
And if you need money for bills this month
My love, I'd cover you
And if you have to lie to everyone
Well, I'd cover up for you
Because we're growing older, growing up
Just like our parents before us
With your new job at the coffee shop
We are ready for everything
And we'll graduate that middle class
Get a nicer car full of shopping bags
If you're feeling sad, kind of detached
Remember we wanted that
Just remember we wanted it
Yeah, I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
With the extra hours I picked up
We will pay for everything
(x)
It's night but I can't stay asleep
Like you do straight through until morning
When you pour my coffee and say, "Baby
All that caffeine causes bad dreams
Where all your anxieties are unleashed"
Well, lately my days aren't much better
I can't concentrate while I'm at work
I just think and think until my head hurts
Of the payment plans I'm making
I just wanted to provide for you
But if you want to make a run for it
My love, I'd cover you
And if you need money for bills
My lover, I could cover you
Because I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
I'll get more hours at my dad's shop
Yeah, we'll plan for everything
And we'll enroll in that middle class
Get a compact car full of discount tags
If you're feeling trapped or too attached
Remember we wanted that
And if you need money for bills this month
My love, I'd cover you
And if you have to lie to everyone
Well, I'd cover up for you
Because we're growing older, growing up
Just like our parents before us
With your new job at the coffee shop
We are ready for everything
And we'll graduate that middle class
Get a nicer car full of shopping bags
If you're feeling sad, kind of detached
Remember we wanted that
Just remember we wanted it
Yeah, I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
With the extra hours I picked up
We will pay for everything
Like you do straight through until morning
When you pour my coffee and say, "Baby
All that caffeine causes bad dreams
Where all your anxieties are unleashed"
Well, lately my days aren't much better
I can't concentrate while I'm at work
I just think and think until my head hurts
Of the payment plans I'm making
I just wanted to provide for you
But if you want to make a run for it
My love, I'd cover you
And if you need money for bills
My lover, I could cover you
Because I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
I'll get more hours at my dad's shop
Yeah, we'll plan for everything
And we'll enroll in that middle class
Get a compact car full of discount tags
If you're feeling trapped or too attached
Remember we wanted that
And if you need money for bills this month
My love, I'd cover you
And if you have to lie to everyone
Well, I'd cover up for you
Because we're growing older, growing up
Just like our parents before us
With your new job at the coffee shop
We are ready for everything
And we'll graduate that middle class
Get a nicer car full of shopping bags
If you're feeling sad, kind of detached
Remember we wanted that
Just remember we wanted it
Yeah, I sold some shit, I'm saving up
We can get that house next to the park
With the extra hours I picked up
We will pay for everything
What you learned, what you read in their books
All they offered, what you saw when they told you to look
A final offer, well, today we are giving birth to a new future
Yes, today we are giving birth to our own future
We will learn, we will love, we will work to change each other
We will spread, we will cover the earth like air and water
Tomorrow is blank, well, just fill it in with our little answers
If we are stopped, well, just start again
That is the new offer, that's it, that is our final one
(x)
What you learned, what you read in their books
All they offered, what you saw when they told you to look
A final offer, well, today we are giving birth to a new future
Yes, today we are giving birth to our own future
We will learn, we will love, we will work to change each other
We will spread, we will cover the earth like air and water
Tomorrow is blank, well, just fill it in with our little answers
If we are stopped, well, just start again
That is the new offer, that's it, that is our final one
Well, traffic is kind of bad
They're widening Easy Street to fit more SUVs
They're planting baby trees to grow to shady peaks
A little shelter from the sun and the upper tax bracket
Here on the cul-de-sac we are not giving back
Until the community repents
Because we can't afford to be generous
There are closing costs and a narrow margin
So go earn your degree and we'll take you out to lunch
You can work for us but you have eat them all up
One more mouthful and we will be happy then
Out West they are moving dirt
To make a greater Omaha
Another franchise sold
So there are even more restaurants per capita
And they all have got a drive-thru
I mean, who's got time to dine?
Although the floors are clean and the color scheme
It compliments me every time
So no one starves in this cattle town
The semi's pass making squealing sounds
And it's all-u-can-eat and they will never get enough
They'll be feeding us, they'll be feeding on us
One more mouthful and they will be happy then
All those golden fields, lovely empty space
They're building drug stores now until none remains
I have been driving for 100 blocks
Saw 50 Kum and Go's, 60 parking lots
One more mouthful and I'm sure they will be happy then
Just one more, just one more
(x)
Well, traffic is kind of bad
They're widening Easy Street to fit more SUVs
They're planting baby trees to grow to shady peaks
A little shelter from the sun and the upper tax bracket
Here on the cul-de-sac we are not giving back
Until the community repents
Because we can't afford to be generous
There are closing costs and a narrow margin
So go earn your degree and we'll take you out to lunch
You can work for us but you have eat them all up
One more mouthful and we will be happy then
Out West they are moving dirt
To make a greater Omaha
Another franchise sold
So there are even more restaurants per capita
And they all have got a drive-thru
I mean, who's got time to dine?
Although the floors are clean and the color scheme
It compliments me every time
So no one starves in this cattle town
The semi's pass making squealing sounds
And it's all-u-can-eat and they will never get enough
They'll be feeding us, they'll be feeding on us
One more mouthful and they will be happy then
All those golden fields, lovely empty space
They're building drug stores now until none remains
I have been driving for 100 blocks
Saw 50 Kum and Go's, 60 parking lots
One more mouthful and I'm sure they will be happy then
Just one more, just one more
I'm growing out my hair
Like it was when I was single
It was longer than I'd known you
I had no money then
I had no worries then at all
But with such a high standard of living
I just feel like I am dying
I would start an argument but you can barely even talk
But there is always good reason for your silence
You have to take care of some business
So I fix your plate and I stay out of the way
And you will stay like that forever
Right in front of your computer
You'll look up one day, but you won't recognize me
So now you want to change
You read a letter from a lawyer
Want to take me out to dinner
Want to bury me under a mound of shopping bags
Like it would really make a difference
Or make up for your disinterest
I'm a bill you pay, I'm a contract you can't break
And it is like I'm underwater
Or on an endless escalator
I just go up and up, but I don't ever reach the top
And it reads just like the Bible
Twenty centuries of scandal
I guess it all depends on how you interpret it
The word is love
The word is loss
The words are damaged goods
That I what I am
A lifetime gets chalked up to an experience
Coincidence, we are chained to the events, that's it
(x)
I'm growing out my hair
Like it was when I was single
It was longer than I'd known you
I had no money then
I had no worries then at all
But with such a high standard of living
I just feel like I am dying
I would start an argument but you can barely even talk
But there is always good reason for your silence
You have to take care of some business
So I fix your plate and I stay out of the way
And you will stay like that forever
Right in front of your computer
You'll look up one day, but you won't recognize me
So now you want to change
You read a letter from a lawyer
Want to take me out to dinner
Want to bury me under a mound of shopping bags
Like it would really make a difference
Or make up for your disinterest
I'm a bill you pay, I'm a contract you can't break
And it is like I'm underwater
Or on an endless escalator
I just go up and up, but I don't ever reach the top
And it reads just like the Bible
Twenty centuries of scandal
I guess it all depends on how you interpret it
The word is love
The word is loss
The words are damaged goods
That I what I am
A lifetime gets chalked up to an experience
Coincidence, we are chained to the events, that's it
They say it's murder on your folk career
To make a rock record with the disappeared
We'll let the police helicopters pull stereos out of the lake
There is not an image that I must defend
There are no art forms now, just capitalism
So send the National Guard to the Mall of America
And they can dress dead bodies up in tight designer jeans
Diesel, Prada, it looks good, it looks good, yeah it does
I'm going to lie down with a common sound
I'm going to bury my blues so it's never found
I'm going to learn to pay attention to the television sets
And if my sadness needs a catalyst
I'll just uncover my eyes, so much stimulus
And at the shopping epicenter I have an agoraphobic fit
So buy a fountain soda, put some sugar on my tongue
I'll wake up and write some songs with no soul, with no soul
(x)
They say it's murder on your folk career
To make a rock record with the disappeared
We'll let the police helicopters pull stereos out of the lake
There is not an image that I must defend
There are no art forms now, just capitalism
So send the National Guard to the Mall of America
And they can dress dead bodies up in tight designer jeans
Diesel, Prada, it looks good, it looks good, yeah it does
I'm going to lie down with a common sound
I'm going to bury my blues so it's never found
I'm going to learn to pay attention to the television sets
And if my sadness needs a catalyst
I'll just uncover my eyes, so much stimulus
And at the shopping epicenter I have an agoraphobic fit
So buy a fountain soda, put some sugar on my tongue
I'll wake up and write some songs with no soul, with no soul
I want to pledge allegiance to the country where I live
I don't want to be ashamed to be American
But opportunity, no, it don't exist
It's the opiate of the populace
We need some harder shit now
The truth is getting around
And each public school is a halfway house
Where the huddled masses somber up and up
Enough?
There's not enough to fatten the cows and feed all of us
It's just a rationing of luck
What can't be bought gets raffled off
Oh God, good God
Shed greed on thee
Your shining sea turned a dirty green from the industry
Off the shores of New Jersey
I got a letter from the army, so I think that I'll enlist
I'm not brave or proud of nothing I just want to kill something
Too bad that nowadays you just point and click
Swing low satellite, hot white chariot!
In the computer's blue glare, the bombs burst in the air
There was a city once - now nothing is there
Our freedom comes at their expense
It makes sense, doesn't it?
Dollars and cents
They're stretching barbed wire across the picket fence
That is surrounding your housing development
Just in case you lack the confidence
My God, oh God, give strength to thee
These amber waves, purple majesty
Are nothing but backdrops for Disney
Well, look up close
It is superimposed on a blank blue screen
It is fantasy, fucking magical
The dream floats like a chemical through each snapped synapse
Our television past that is beautiful no more, no more
I don't want to be ashamed to be American
But opportunity, no, it don't exist
It's the opiate of the populace
We need some harder shit now
The truth is getting around
And each public school is a halfway house
Where the huddled masses somber up and up
Enough?
There's not enough to fatten the cows and feed all of us
It's just a rationing of luck
What can't be bought gets raffled off
Oh God, good God
Shed greed on thee
Your shining sea turned a dirty green from the industry
Off the shores of New Jersey
I got a letter from the army, so I think that I'll enlist
I'm not brave or proud of nothing I just want to kill something
Too bad that nowadays you just point and click
Swing low satellite, hot white chariot!
In the computer's blue glare, the bombs burst in the air
There was a city once - now nothing is there
Our freedom comes at their expense
It makes sense, doesn't it?
Dollars and cents
They're stretching barbed wire across the picket fence
That is surrounding your housing development
Just in case you lack the confidence
My God, oh God, give strength to thee
These amber waves, purple majesty
Are nothing but backdrops for Disney
Well, look up close
It is superimposed on a blank blue screen
It is fantasy, fucking magical
The dream floats like a chemical through each snapped synapse
Our television past that is beautiful no more, no more
(x)
I want to pledge allegiance to the country where I live
I don't want to be ashamed to be American
But opportunity, no, it don't exist
It's the opiate of the populace
We need some harder shit now
The truth is getting around
And each public school is a halfway house
Where the huddled masses somber up and up
Enough?
There's not enough to fatten the cows and feed all of us
It's just a rationing of luck
What can't be bought gets raffled off
Oh God, good God
Shed greed on thee
Your shining sea turned a dirty green from the industry
Off the shores of New Jersey
I got a letter from the army, so I think that I'll enlist
I'm not brave or proud of nothing I just want to kill something
Too bad that nowadays you just point and click
Swing low satellite, hot white chariot!
In the computer's blue glare, the bombs burst in the air
There was a city once - now nothing is there
Our freedom comes at their expense
It makes sense, doesn't it?
Dollars and cents
They're stretching barbed wire across the picket fence
That is surrounding your housing development
Just in case you lack the confidence
My God, oh God, give strength to thee
These amber waves, purple majesty
Are nothing but backdrops for Disney
Well, look up close
It is superimposed on a blank blue screen
It is fantasy, fucking magical
The dream floats like a chemical through each snapped synapse
Our television past that is beautiful no more, no more
I don't want to be ashamed to be American
But opportunity, no, it don't exist
It's the opiate of the populace
We need some harder shit now
The truth is getting around
And each public school is a halfway house
Where the huddled masses somber up and up
Enough?
There's not enough to fatten the cows and feed all of us
It's just a rationing of luck
What can't be bought gets raffled off
Oh God, good God
Shed greed on thee
Your shining sea turned a dirty green from the industry
Off the shores of New Jersey
I got a letter from the army, so I think that I'll enlist
I'm not brave or proud of nothing I just want to kill something
Too bad that nowadays you just point and click
Swing low satellite, hot white chariot!
In the computer's blue glare, the bombs burst in the air
There was a city once - now nothing is there
Our freedom comes at their expense
It makes sense, doesn't it?
Dollars and cents
They're stretching barbed wire across the picket fence
That is surrounding your housing development
Just in case you lack the confidence
My God, oh God, give strength to thee
These amber waves, purple majesty
Are nothing but backdrops for Disney
Well, look up close
It is superimposed on a blank blue screen
It is fantasy, fucking magical
The dream floats like a chemical through each snapped synapse
Our television past that is beautiful no more, no more
He hides in his suit like a snake in the grass
His sales-pitch forked-tongue hissed
Now the wolves wear their name tags
They are hunting in packs
Herding their prey up the aisles and back
They're smiling
Their teeth are showing
While the doctors and lawyers like vultures descend
They swoop down to the scene of the car accident
To pick the victims to pieces
Then there is the sly silver fox
Makes his money tele-scamming notch babies
He says, "The end is near, buy my policy
I'll make you young again
I'll make you young again"
Loan sharks will circle, until they can make sure it's paid
Take the cash from my hand
Hear the register sing
And the roar of the lion logo on the screen
He's hungry, I should buy some popcorn
So I exit the dark, feeling blind in the sun
And the bobcats look tired
They ate their fill of asphalt
Because we need more parking
With so many up at the pulpit
Rams and bugs
The news cameras capture guerrilla warfare
Eagles into buildings crash landed
Despair is all that there is now
In a cubical cage that smells like a rat
Whose smile gets bigger along with your debt
Don't take it personal
It's just business
(x)
He hides in his suit like a snake in the grass
His sales-pitch forked-tongue hissed
Now the wolves wear their name tags
They are hunting in packs
Herding their prey up the aisles and back
They're smiling
Their teeth are showing
While the doctors and lawyers like vultures descend
They swoop down to the scene of the car accident
To pick the victims to pieces
Then there is the sly silver fox
Makes his money tele-scamming notch babies
He says, "The end is near, buy my policy
I'll make you young again
I'll make you young again"
Loan sharks will circle, until they can make sure it's paid
Take the cash from my hand
Hear the register sing
And the roar of the lion logo on the screen
He's hungry, I should buy some popcorn
So I exit the dark, feeling blind in the sun
And the bobcats look tired
They ate their fill of asphalt
Because we need more parking
With so many up at the pulpit
Rams and bugs
The news cameras capture guerrilla warfare
Eagles into buildings crash landed
Despair is all that there is now
In a cubical cage that smells like a rat
Whose smile gets bigger along with your debt
Don't take it personal
It's just business
Propped up at the pulpit
A speech to please the poles
With Coca-Cola trickling down my throat
Well, would you save all of your bottles
If I promised a refund?
Its going to come, I swear
I swear, I swear, I swear that it is
If you've got a special interest
There is influence I could sell
Just like water takes the shape of where it is held
I'm overflowing with ambition but I got to keep in mind
The bottom line is the dollar signs and big bright lights
Inequality franchised, the next location is mine
We're going to lower costs
It's a work of art, our giant golden arch
I'm going to start a factory the size of a country
I'm going to teach them all to work for liberty
Oh, but I'm not one for handouts
No they got to pay their dues
They can make our shoes and then we'll walk on you
Always on the move
We heard that business will boom
If some people are removed
I know there's all body types
But we have just one size
I don't care if its right
It's the dollar signs and the big bright lights
Inequality franchised, every location is mine
You just do your part, form a line
Let's march under the golden arch
March, march, march, march
(x)
Propped up at the pulpit
A speech to please the poles
With Coca-Cola trickling down my throat
Well, would you save all of your bottles
If I promised a refund?
Its going to come, I swear
I swear, I swear, I swear that it is
If you've got a special interest
There is influence I could sell
Just like water takes the shape of where it is held
I'm overflowing with ambition but I got to keep in mind
The bottom line is the dollar signs and big bright lights
Inequality franchised, the next location is mine
We're going to lower costs
It's a work of art, our giant golden arch
I'm going to start a factory the size of a country
I'm going to teach them all to work for liberty
Oh, but I'm not one for handouts
No they got to pay their dues
They can make our shoes and then we'll walk on you
Always on the move
We heard that business will boom
If some people are removed
I know there's all body types
But we have just one size
I don't care if its right
It's the dollar signs and the big bright lights
Inequality franchised, every location is mine
You just do your part, form a line
Let's march under the golden arch
March, march, march, march
The man at the bank said, "Oh, let's not talk percentages"
You work a fourteen hour day, and still have two mortgages
You asked the state for aid
They gave you an ad campaign that didn't help
You took your family and joined in the urban sprawl
Can't see the stars as well but you're near the mall
Don't know where you stand no more
In line at a convenience store that's way too long
Used to work your land, fed a thousand mouths
Now you eat their shit for the money now
Emptied your heart to fill your bank account
Well, I should talk, I'm just the same
Buy my records down at the corporate chain
I tell myself I shouldn't be ashamed, but I am
So adolescence made her an activist
Now she's the one who does all the lecturing
They got their eighteen holes
She told them to dig one more, the dream is dead
Won't eat their food or wear their clothes
Always wants to know where her money goes
But will shell it out for filling up her nose
So run it up, I'll run my mouth
But never mind the shit that I sing about
Because I'd sell myself to buy a fucking house
Twelve thousand square foot, four car garage
Tennis court, swimming pool, in the backyard
I know it can seem like a lot
That's why I pay someone to clean it up
We're going to clean it up
My big house
(x)
The man at the bank said, "Oh, let's not talk percentages"
You work a fourteen hour day, and still have two mortgages
You asked the state for aid
They gave you an ad campaign that didn't help
You took your family and joined in the urban sprawl
Can't see the stars as well but you're near the mall
Don't know where you stand no more
In line at a convenience store that's way too long
Used to work your land, fed a thousand mouths
Now you eat their shit for the money now
Emptied your heart to fill your bank account
Well, I should talk, I'm just the same
Buy my records down at the corporate chain
I tell myself I shouldn't be ashamed, but I am
So adolescence made her an activist
Now she's the one who does all the lecturing
They got their eighteen holes
She told them to dig one more, the dream is dead
Won't eat their food or wear their clothes
Always wants to know where her money goes
But will shell it out for filling up her nose
So run it up, I'll run my mouth
But never mind the shit that I sing about
Because I'd sell myself to buy a fucking house
Twelve thousand square foot, four car garage
Tennis court, swimming pool, in the backyard
I know it can seem like a lot
That's why I pay someone to clean it up
We're going to clean it up
My big house