Judy Garland Follow

pavlov hits me with more bad news every time i answer the phone
so i play and i sing and just let it ring
all day when i'm at home

and the fact of choice, we (?)
micro-macrocosmic melancholy
but baby any way you slice it,
i'm thinkin i could just as soon use the time alone

yeah the goons are going global
and the CIA are shredding files
and the democrans and the republicrats
are flashing their toothy smiles
and uncle tom is posing for a photo-op with the oval office clan
and uncle sam is riggin' cockfights in the promised land
that knife you stuck in my back is still there
it pinches a little when i sigh and moan
and these days i'm thinkin i could just as soon use the time alone

and all we really know is that we don't know nothin
the freedom of information act is hushed by a pack
of military discretion
and besides which the freedom of the press is meaningless
if nobody asks the question

i mean, causation by definiton is such complex compilation of factors
that to even try to see why is to over-simplify
but that's a far cry, isn't it dear
from acting like you're the only one there
unrepentedly arrogant and unfair
and the networks are clammoring for scandal
and everyone's scrambling for the scoop
exit mr. eye-contact who took his flirt and flew the coup
but whatever, no matter, no fishin trips, no fishin
'cause momma's officially out of commission
and did i mention in there
did i mention somewhere in there
that i traded babe ruth
yes i traded the only player
that was bigger than the game

and i can't even tell you why
'cause you think i'm insane
that the truth, that's the truth

and the music industry mafia is pimping girl-power
stamping our sharp-shooter singles from their styrofoam towers
and hip-hop is tied up in the backroom with a logo stuffed in its mouth
'cause the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house

but then, i'm getting away from myself
as i get closer and closer home
and the difference between you and me baby
is i get fucked up when i'm alone

and the people have forfeited their airwaves and
their right to vote and their wilderness
and the constitution says the power's ours
and the population couldn't care less

as long as every day is superbowl sunday and larger than life
we need it larger than the parting of a best friend (?) at every busstop
she loves me, she loves me not
she loves me, she loves me not
yeah and the government is bad
the government is bad
the government is bad

'cause they're fiendishly feeding that message
across the american dominion
our children take it now like communion,
the same thing the confederacy said of the union

"what's good for the business, is good for the country"
it's a lie so big it's bordering on funny
conjegate liberty into libertarian and (?)
associate a D.A.'s relation (?)
they don't even know they're slaves on a corporate plantation

somebody say hallelujah
somebody say damnation
'cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance
and the path of least resistance
is what makes the crooked
makes it serpentine
capitalism is the devil, is the devil's wet dream
so just give me my judy garland drugs and let me get back to work
cause the empire state building is the tallest building in new york
and i have always got the feeling
you just like to hear it fall off your tongue
but i remember my name in your mouth
and i don't think i was done hearing it close to my ear

on a whisper's way to moan
but pavlov hits me with more bad news every time i answer the phone
so i play and i sing and just let it ring
all day when i'm at home

but the fact of choice, we (?)
micro-macrocosmic melancholy
but baby any way you slice it up,
i'm thinkin i could just as soon use the time alone