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Cannon Fodder

from Blue Exclamation by Michael Psycho

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Happier with the less they know
Brains are cleansed like they wash their clothes
Led along by a force in charge
Debt is high and the bills are large

They live for death in bitter health
And they exist to keep a small group in wealth
They are blind to what they see
Conditioned to a life of usury
They think they work, but only lurk
To earn enough to pay some greedy jerk
A privileged class controls the mass
And tightens up the grip as the days will pass

Work all day and work all week
Everyone is afraid to speak

No one dares to make complaints
Or walk away from their unhealthy state
This meager trap is all they have
Their present and their future looks really sad
Do all they can to keep their home
In order to survive they’re on their own
But they won’t stop their loyalty
To those who keep them in wage slavery

Corporate brands with familiar names
Crony capitalism games

Dangled wealth is on a stick
And then pulled away before they get to it
They get abused and have no say
In their overlord’s rent seeking ways
The one percent feigns innocence
And blames the unemployed for laziness
They don’t ask why, and toe the line
Because they have the bill collector on their minds

Just one paycheck from homelessness
No way to escape this mess

The answers few and far between
Help to improve their lot remains to be seen
They need a market under rule of law
Which up ‘til now is something they rarely saw
They need to regulate the banks
Stop all the money going to bombs and tanks
But I don’t really feel much hope
Because most of them never ever even vote

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from Blue Exclamation, released June 26, 2020
Lyrics/Music M. Psycho ©2020 Black Hole Media Co. All Rights Reserved.

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