Fools Some Prison Blues

1.

I hear the TV hummin'
it's tellin' us again
Ain't no one will be safe
'til we're all in the pen

Stuck in Fools Some Prison
is were we all will be
down at the mall a shoppin'
or watchin' our TV

2.

When I was just a youngster
we learned to think in class
now we zone out by the boob tube
and sit there on our ass

Stuck in Fools Some Prison
where you don't get a clue
and you can't see the number
that they're runnin' on you

Bridge

If we don't bust out of this prison -- if we don't learn to see
It's been GE and Westinghouse -- tellin' us how we should be
Well I know we got it comin' -- if we don't start to know
Mickey Mouse and Rupert Murdock -- are gonna' run our show

3.

I heard somebody tell me
I know I heard it said
It's a free press if you own one
as by the nose we're led

Straight to Fools Some Prison
trapped by our doubts and fears
behind walls of imagination
of social engineers

4.

So, if you're too tired for thinkin'
I say, if you're at a loss
Just relax with your tele
and rest up for your boss

Just forget that Fools Some Prison
hey, that was just a joke
You wont know that you're a lifer
until the day you croak

Bridge

Well, if we escaped from this prison -- if those TV waves were free
They'd be there to serve all people -- just the way it ought to be
Not McWorld, big banks, and Wall Street -- we've had enough of that
It's what's wrong with this picture -- and we can smell the rat

© 1995 Eternal-Forest Productions

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