LYRICS

welcome, my friends, to the new economy
where all your dreams will never end
because dreams are all you’ll ever have here
and all our schemes on you depend

dot.comedy, dot.comedy
all we want is a little more
dot.comedy, dot.comedy
follow me and you’ll never be poor

we’ll take any old idea
give it a spin to make it new
then I’ll sell all that I invested
it’s all for me and none for you!

dot.comedy, dot.comedy
all we want is a little more
dot.comedy, dot.comedy
the show goes on behind closed doors

everyone around you is still laughing
but you don’t seem to get the joke
the rich will keep on getting righer,
and the rest of us will all go broke!

dot.comedy, dot.comedy
you make a living buy and selling greed,
dot.comedy, dot.comedy
but how much money do you really need?

the breaks are out, we’re gaining speed
the recall notice never showed
it’s just more bad news i don’t need
we’ll hit the wall having never slowed

giving up and breaking ranks
struggling just sinks us quicker
standing up to a line of tanks
or take the pill that makes you sicker

the house is filthy, burn it down
though it’s my home and property
my lighter spent, my matches drowned
and uninsured for honesty

diabetes, muscle loss
though we just ate, let’s have a snack
digest the meat before it rots
filter the cancer through your tract

life is beautiful and long
or should be if we do it right
it’s obvious we’ve done it wrong
let’s keep it brief, let’s toil and fight

please kill my creativity
and that which makes me unfulfilled
too tired to fight for dignity
it’s not my call, it’s all god’s will

the highs aren’t quite as high
but the downs are so much worse
following the parade route
with a dustpan is a curse

how ‘bout i stay inside
how ‘bout i shut my eyes
how ‘bout i try to seal the doors
as the sea begins to rise

checkmate! i lose again!
you use me, abuse me,
push me around just so you
can use me, i won’t be that easy
i’m not your pawn! checkmate!

crawling along the ocean floor
crushing weight won’t split the skin
surfacing a mile offshore
winning smile and dorsal fin

no fear like the fear of death
unless it is the fear of shame
ponderous and dangerous
and no one we’re allowed to blame

fear and tedium collide
beat the dog and make him mean
red light, green light, open fire
checkpoint Charlie needs caffeine

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strip them, gag them, bind their wrists
pile them up and watch the show
they’re not human, god insists
because my bible tells me so

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sweat it out and swallow hard
keep down what you can’t say out loud
pull up a rock, let’s stay awhile
our country needs us, aren’t we proud?

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abandon the youth - lie about the truth
ignoring their pain - hold them in disdain
the confusion takes hold - the bullets are sold
the students don’t know how the day will go
your education ends in black attire

small arms fire

the youth of today have nothing to say
passive and dumb – but wielding a gun
their rage is just fear as the future draws near
they see no way out – so they shoot their way out
they live and breath just one desperate desire

small arms fire

you can blame the tv – and to a lesser degree
the drugs that they do – but it was all up to you
the anger is there – the voice of despair
no reason for hope – their future’s a joke
don’t be surprised one day if you acquire

small arms fire

they’re taking from the free (from you and me)
the rights we just don’t need (we just don’t need ‘em)
to keep us safe indoors (bolt that door)
to fight the war on terror (one liberty at a time)
stirring up the hatred (for other lands)
arrogant patriot (pick up your gun)
we’ll take the fight to them (screw the un)
a fight no one will condemn

bedtime for democracy
bedtime for democracy
we all just need some sleep
lie down and act like sheep

they’ve been lying to everyone
about weapons, oil, bin laden and saddam
they’re controlling what gets on the air
they claim to be unbiased and fair
carry out their personal vendetta
we’ll be paying for it you betcha!
but no need to be concerned (it’s NOT OK)
it’s how we’re choosing to be governed

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can’t you see bombs are falling?
can’t you hear death is calling?
can’t you see bodies flying?
can’t you see children dying?
don’t you know war’s a sin?
don’t you see Bush’s grin?
Are you all going to fry?
Are you all going to die?

You sure are…

before time began
god made earth and then a man
set him free like a hooligan
to screw up the world just as fast as he can

say you know god’s true will?
Then take aim and make the kill

Where does woman fit in to the plan?
Stay out of the way, work on that tan
She can’t possibly understand
What it takes to be in command!

Pledge your heart to the one you love
But when it comes to sex you’re the one above

A woman’s problems aren’t my concern
Let every unwed mother burn
Just when will they ever learn
I’ll decide who goes full term!

Forbid contraception
Complain about the population
Fundamentalist bible-thumping
Self-riteous ego punping

Say you know god’s true will?
Then take aim and make the kill

Blowing up clinics in the name of god
Your church’s love is such a fraud
Ignore your commandements
Compassion for no one else

Waging war on everyone
Killing off everything under the sun

I can’t get over the irony
Of ending life to set it free
Humanity killed off overnight
Take away reproductive rights…
What’s left?

one person one vote
subject to change without note
proofing again that shit floats
to the top

nail the ballot box tight
to scare to put up a fight?
election ambushed in the night
make it stop

supreme court jesters
wake me, I don’t like this dream
supreme court jesters
I’ll just laugh so I don’t scream

Its all gone from bad to worse
We gave them the 2nd, they stole the first
Gimmie a bottle, I’m dying of thirst
Fill my cup

Throw human rights on the shit heap
For mankind a backward giant leap
Democracy put to sleep so deep
It never wakes up

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The fewer people voting the better
You’re pissed off? Just write ‘em a letter
Then dip it in gas and set ‘er on fire
And then throw…

The gestures of jesters are obscene
Democracy comes apart at the seams
They claim to be wise men
but that don’t mean that they know shit!