The situation is this,
You are wrong, you are wrong.
And you'll never be anything else
Because you need to belong.
It's been there since you were born.
It's got a blanket for you.
And the corners get pulled down tight,
With every turn of the screw.
Twisting and a'shouting and a'
Burning in the fire.
Trying to climb a ladder that will
Never take you higher.
Breathing all the air that you can steal,
And running in a little turning wheel.
The situation is gone,
But it will always be there,
Anytime the music stops
And you don't have a chair.
You have a fortress in fear.
Sometimes you sit and you stare.
You may not have much more than a box,
But you do have a prayer.
Twisting and a' shouting and a'
Burning in the fire.
Clutching at your heart, you're only
Pulling at your wires.
Seeing all the sites that you can see,
You move among official fantasies.
The situation is this,
It's a lie but it's true.
That you better be somebody else,
'Cause you can never be you.
Yes, you better be somebody else,
'Cause you can never be you.
SAME DIET
You're sitting on safety,
Having kind of a bad day,
Having a feeling that's making you pray.
Knots in the stomach,
Don't you know that's what love is,
It's the same diet on a different day.
If you feel nervous,
Take some time to observe us.
We'll make your eyes sore, but
You'll know you're not blind.
Think about what you dish out,
Someone will blow your wish out.
There's something brewing
That'll boggle your mind.
Now they undrape you,
Maybe later they'll rape you.
It's the same diet on a different day.
No, they don't hate you,
This is just how they rate you.
It's the same diet on a different day.
A knife in your heartache,
An invitation to partake,
Doing the twist and paying the fine.
Flat as a pancake,
Ending up with a handshake,
Love is a waffle
That's cooling in time.
When they overrate you,
Soon they will forsake you.
It's the same diet on a different day.
Now they undrape you,
Maybe later they'll rape you.
It's the same diet on a different day.
INTO THE DARK
You have illusions and your modern diversions,
At your fingertips whenever you want them.
You wish yourself upon some mental excursions,
Push the buttons and remember who has bought them.
You have a spot within the classy new collection,
Every day you live you have to pass inspection.
There's a hex around that's going to infect you,
So burn an offering to the gods who could reject you.
The boys downtown,
Well, they love you when you're down,
And assume your position
Will bring you joy.
Their troopers march around,
While you roll yourself in sound,
And they laugh because you're
Not making more noise!
You have a mission and you have a sense of timing.
The feeling's missing but you've got a new assignment.
Yet, the basic facts continue to evade you.
Wild barbarians make ready to invade you.
You file reports on how you're spending all your leisure,
With officials who are hoping for your seizure.
They hold a plank and say they want to see you walk it
'Til you promise to be silent when you're talking.
Cities that are free,
Always fall into debris,
And they always miss the beat
That's in your heart.
It's not your point of view,
It's the things they put you through,
While you think and feel your way
Into the dark!
THE CIA STOLE MY BRAIN
It was the end of a summer day,
I was wasting the evening away,
Strolling through the woods at night,
When I was possessed by peculiar lights.
And, though I'd been out on a roll,
That just wasn't true anymore.
Because-
The CIA stole my brain,
Tax money's gone insane.
The more they tell me the story,
The less that I want to know.
Everything's been in a mirror,
It's turned around some other way.
The more that I think about it,
The less I have to say.
Because-
The CIA stole my brain.
Taxpayer down the drain.
They tell me it's the same old story,
The papers said I did it for glory.
The CIA stole my brain.
To know the truth is a pain.
They landed in a flying saucer,
Did it all for somebody's gain.
The CIA stole my brain,
While I was taking the air.
My sister's having a baby
By a space alien they kept there-
Where-
The CIA stole my brain,
Tax money does the same.
The world thinks I did it for glory,
But I suffered a lot of pain,
When-
The CIA stole my brain
Taxpayer down the drain.
I suffered a loss of money when
The CIA stole my brain.
RATION ALLIES
I need to go where there is less resistance,
Don't want to go under hard privations,
Still I make do with my rations,
My ration allies.
I need to be where there is more persistence,
Projecting powers for your protection
Of the state in a defense against itself
And ration allies.
Uber uber alles
Uber uber alles
You always know what you're doing,
You always know who you're doing.
We always see behind your smoke
Marked, shaken, bent to the core,
Forced to mass-produce a
Prudent illusion.
Projecting megaforce across the globe
With Clinton's "withered arms" --
You charge!
We charge!
We should....
I want to be where there is less resistance,
Not standing under your hard protections
Still I make do with my rations,
My ration allies.
You charge.
We charge.
We should!
I, I, I
I drive around in my brand-new car,
Take in the scene at all the right bars.
I live but once, at the end of a day,
I'm going fast so get out of my way.
I say, love, love, love, is my eternal quest.
But don't you keep me too long,
Because I never rest.
There's many beautiful girls,
And such dutiful boys.
But, I always have my way.
I always have choice.
I said, I, I, I, live for myself.
But I'm aware of you, too,
You're somewhere out there.
I, I, I, am looking for love.
Won't you come down on me
Like a light from above.
The people look as I strut around town.
Those down and out people don't get me down.
Some people work and some people play,
Some may pretend that they're queen for a day.
And I lust, lust, lust, for another conquest.
And I'll not settle down,
Even if you're the best.
She's got to love, love, love,
Love me until she dies.
Baby, I'll keep running around,
Do you have to ask why?
I, I, I, live for myself.
But I'm aware of you, too,
You're somewhere out there.
I, I, I, am looking for love.
Won't you come down on me
Like a light from above.
