LANDS OF THE FREE

PART 1

Planet Earth
shamen tribes, pirates, thugs, magpies
seven billion in conga line
there’s not enough for them all

An ageing lot
ev’ry day like the one before
most are rotten down to the core
deal death threats and child porn

You’re free to be happy
if you feel of use
but screw your crew / and you end up
dangling down from a noose


Friends and foes
all and sundry and ev’rywhere
cease, desist because no one dares
to put you into your place

From shrine to hell
your creed says that you must obey
whose war’s holier I dare you say
moon or cross on your flag

You’re free to fuck up and
shoot down
blow up
since love’s not taught / all you have learnt
is to belch out your hate


PART 2

Weekend night
Get a rush as you pick a fight
Drink and drive straight to paradise
‘ cos that makes you feel alive

You stay with mom
All the way till you graduate
Marry and split, stumbling through your fate
Milk your firm all it’s worth

You’re free to get richer
buy cars, sex and fun
trick and deceive / to please yourself
then deny what you’ve done


Crawl through life
scared to peer into your abyss
stuff your face in your search for bliss
but there’s no heaven for pigs

You’re lost for words
As sharp witted as blunt chopsticks
Alpha male mindset thick as bricks
Cornerstone of the state

You’re free to shut up and
pay on time your bills
make sure you fill / your role to not
send the union downhill

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