LYRICS 'PAWNING THE PLANET' ALBUM
killin the truth
by jeffmezzrow © 2020
i came to your city
i came to your town
i got no delusions
what's really goin down
tellin me we can go back
to them glory days
when your might
was your guiding light
your manifest destiny
you're fakin
you're takin
and you're killin killin killin the truth
yea you're lyin
and you're buyin
and you're killin killin killin the truth
bully intimidation
you're tryin to shout us down
straight out of
the fascist playbook baby
we recognize the frown
yea we saw it in the 30s
we saw it yesterday
on the failing failing fox news
that's what u say what u say
cuz you're fakin
and you're takin
and you're killin
killin killin the truth
and you're lyin
and you're buyin
and you're killin...
now wake up everybody
to this felony
don't accept the new normal
manifest destiny
you're fakin
and you're takin
and you're killin killin killin the truth
and you're lyin
and you're buyin
and you're killin killin killin the truth
sap
by jeffmezzrow ©2020
sap, why'd you do that?
yea sap, why'd you do that?
why do you pay your taxes
while the rich man relaxes
in the cayman islands
they soak up all the sun old son
cuz you're a sap,
you got your bread and circus
yea you're a sap,
watchin netflix while they jerk us aroun'
around the globe
leavin nuthin to have and hold
well around the globe
leavin nuthin to have and hold
cuz you're a sap
can't you hear the ching ching chingin
yea they're gettin fat
while you keep on singin
the same old song
now now now empty your pockets
take off your lockets
just place 'em in the tray
tammy gonna take 'em away
and show you the way out the dooooor
you're a sap
can't you just hear the seagulls
relax take a nap
cuz it's all perfectly legal
the machinery's in place
no reason to waste your time
yea they've crossed every T
and dotted every single I iii
cuz you're a sap
when will you learn
takin every burn
you gullible so and so
they've got you beat at every turn
withdraw from what you earn
automatically don't you know
rat in the maze
by jeff mezzrow ©2020
i'm just another rat in the maze
racin thru my days
sweatin on the job for my pay
rattlin my cage
don't even have a say
this is just how it plays
no it's not just a phase
not the lastest craze
praise be the powers
that dictate the hours
from mecca, jerusalem or rome
moscow and washington
beijing to brussels
right back to my little
berlin home
i'm just another rat in the maze
sweatin on the job everyday
it's a cadcam bridgeport lathe
cuttin parts
for the submarine bays
stunned walkin in a daze
just a dreamin
bout my holidays
no it's not just a phase
on the treadmill
the rest of my days
praise be the powers
that dictate the hours
from mecca, jerusalem or rome
lubyanka to langley
tokyo, wall st, the city
right back to my little
berlin home
precarious
by jeffmezzrow ©2020
package re-package
the age old themes
blaming someone else
for your shattered dreams
if these were jokes
they would be hilarious
but as it is folks
the situation's gotten
pretty precarious
well a couple years in
you're writin history
destroying lives
splitting up families
you're a hero to some
but to me you're nefarious
truth is you're a bum
and things are getting
pretty fuckin precarious
once you were known
as being gregarious
a reality tv star
has made the world seem
pretty precarious
i believe
by jeff mezzrow ©2020
i believe in the resiliency of the people
i believe in the resiliency of humanity
i believe in the resiliency of the truth
i believe in sanity
ready to spring
by jeff mezzrow ©2020
have i gone crazy
am i goin nuts
what's this world comin to
is it all a bluff
i thought we were headed
to a better way
the promise of a future
clear and bright as day
now i come to find
i'm not losin my mind
the old devils never died
they're just waitin in the wings
in the hearts of men
always ready to spring
wake up dead
by jeffmezzrow ©2020
Strike while the iron‘s hot
That’s what she said
Love me till the morning light
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
What’s the use in crying now
Come lie in my bed
Just love me till the morning light
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
Hey, what’d u say
It’s ok, we’ll find a way
I've been drinkin and athinkin too much
Let’s forget what we said
Just love me till the morning light
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
Tomorrow we might wake up dead
time to take sides
by jeff mezzrow ©2020
i've been thru the fire
to get to the other side
you've made me see clearly
you helped me decide
well my hand has been forced
by a malignant tide
you made me see clearly
you helped me decide
ooh it's time to take sides x2
well if there's justice
let's see it
vengeance, you can't hide
an act of god is coming
you've even made her take sides
tho you hold the reins of power
and your allies multiply
you've made me see clearly
you helped me take sides
ooh it's time to take sides x2
can't stand by
gotta take sides
little bitty bully boy
you're playin politics
grabbin all the pussy you like
while you're suckin russian d……
lock him up
by jeff mezzrow ©2020
you tried, cheating and hiding your taxes
and you lied
but we gonna find what the facts is
cuz there's more
there's more to the story
and we're gonna hear every detail
lock him up x3
well u brought
the gators and snakes
to the swampland
and you taught
people to fear not to understand
yea you've been bought
by your own vanity greedy insanity
you're a traitor to your own country
throw away the key
end this misery
throw away the key
one more war
by jeff mezzrow © 2020
i wanna tell you a story
and this is how it begins
once upon a time
there was a call to glory
and the heroes
went rushing in
yea they fought for god
they fought for country
absolved of every sin
meanwhile back home
the kings got richer
just a savin their own skins
on and on and on
and on it goes
it never stops
there's always one more,
one more war
back and forth
and up and down
finally over oceans blue
in reality only one theme stuck
we're better than you
soldiers of god
bringers of order
beware these wavers of flags
great ships sailing
to the farthest corners
savin souls
all bound and gagged
so when you read your books
and learn your history
don't let yourself be had
hear them fine speeches
and along comes misery
are we really all that mad?
to cheer the man
who promises victory
doesn't matter who or why
there's a thirst for blood
a hunger for the kill
someone's got to die