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Delusional Fools
04:54
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We're just delusional fools
Living by delusional rules
Wondering why we can't
Get where we're going
Living unusual lives
Surrounded by guns and by knives
Yet we all wonder
Just why there is bloodshed
We're just delusional fools
Hungry for money and jewels
Yet we can't eat them
and now we are starving
Famished and skewed by belief
Tarnished and tainted by grief
For lives that we don't know
We even are mourning
We're just delusional fools
Learning in lunatic schools
Teaching you all about
Much about nothing
We didn't learn how to hate
Until they made everything great
Which really is a word
That is so overrated
We're just delusional fools
Frightened by strangers and ghouls
Ignorant of things
We just don't know about of
Nothing that we ever learn
Can undo the pain we have spurned
Upon our world
And all of its people
We're just delusional fools
Living by delusional rules
Wondering why, don't know why
Wondering why, don't know why
Wondering why, don't know why
We're just delusional fools
Tricked by a prick in a duel
Like a man in a suit
Walking 'round in a sleeping bag
Buying a bone for three score
Then turning and begging for more
Jet lagged and burning
Apart at the seams
We're just delusional fools
Whining out samples of stools
And wondering why
Nobody will listen
We just ramble and rhyme
Out some false made-up lines:
Alternative facts
That we just wish were true
We're just delusional fools
Star-struck and covered in drool
Falling in love
With the child of the sun
It's some societal ruse
Meant to make us pick and choose
Flustering why we can't
Conform to the construct
We're just delusional fools
Convinced into thinking we're cool
Running about
In some big commotion
Dismissing all science and fact
As soon as we get to act
So why don't we all
Just fall in the ocean
We're just delusional fools
Living by delusional rules
Wondering why, don't know why
Wondering why, don't know why
Wondering why we can't
Get where we're going
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2. |
The Shape of Society
02:38
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The shape of society
Is not how it should be
We've got so many problems
Why can't you see
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
Even the lies the president screams
Tend to offend me now
Got ignorant ignoramuses
Spreading all their hate
I've got one thing to tell to you
This change it cannot wait
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
It's time to do something about it
It's time to change things now
Now all these privileged people
Sayin', "It ain't me!"
Causin' all these problems
That you have to see
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
If you ain't doing something about it,
You're the problem now
Now you might be asking yerself,
"Where did I go wrong?
I only live in a society
That's been biased all along"
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
We live in a messed-up country
We've got to change somehow
Now you should be asking yourself,
"What now can I do?"
It's time to have a stern talk
Straight from me to you
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
It's time to open up your mind
And face these problems now
The shape of society
Is not how it should be
It's time to change these problems
It starts with you and me
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
Every single insensitive thing
We've got to end it
Now.
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3. |
Find Me in the Country
02:20
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Went down to the river
On an August day
Never really left from there
Until the ides of May
Moved on from my hometown
To another place
Traveling back and forth from there
Wide big open space
When I'm in the country
I feel there's something wrong
There's many many people here
That feel they don't belong
Many many people here
That feel they don't belong
Went up to Alaska
And down to Tennessee
There's people living over there
Just like you and me
Working longer hours
Little to no pay
When the market sours
Things don't go their way
When I'm in the country
I feel there's something wrong
There's many many people there
That feel they don't belong
Many many people there
That feel they don't belong
Now I know there's problems
That we can't seem to solve
Let's not let hate divide us
Let's work now to resolve
Now I never really know
When I will be home
Hope to never go back
If some luck I'm shown
But I know I will be back
And problems I will face
Dealing with those people
Who hate ya cause of race
When I'm in the country
I know there's something wrong
There's many many people there
That feel they don't belong
Many many people there
That feel they don't belong
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4. |
See the Eyes
03:47
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Glassy eyes staring out a window
Looking out within the frame of the world
When they look out, what do they see?
Do they see you? Do they see me?
What do you think, when they blink
A single tear of sorrow, that drops into a sea
Of madness, and sadness
With its waves, splashing at our souls?
Kits of eardrums, hearing out of context
Hearing words that I'm about to say
Was it okay, what was said today
Do you want to dance, and be romanced?
What do I fear, when I hear
A simple "no" answer, said from you to me
Why can't you see, that this could be
I really want to be here with you
Broken hearts splintered into pieces
Strewn about for all the world to see
When we look in, when do we begin
To realize, it's all a lie?
What do you know, when you go
Far, far from here, away from me dear
Why must you go, I have to know
Is this the way it must be?
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5. |
Dichotomy
02:45
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Does it matter if you're a girl or boy
Does it matter if you're social or coy
Does it matter if you're black or white
Does it matter if you're left or right
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
Does it matter if you're this or that
Does it matter if you're thin or you're fat
Does it matter if you're gay or straight
Does it matter if you're early or late
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
Does it matter if you're east or west
Does it matter if you're the worst or the best
Does it matter if you're Christian or Jew
Does it matter if you're Muslim or Hindu
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
Does it matter if you're happy or sad
Does it matter if you're good or you're bad
Does it matter if you're rich or poor
Does it really matter at all anymore
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
Does it matter if you're young or old
Does it matter if you're hot or you're cold
Does it matter if you're silly or smart
Doesn't everybody have a heart?
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
We share this world together
Let's work to make it better
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6. |
America is for Everyone
03:11
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America is for Everyone
It's meant for you and me
Whether you're gay, straight, or asexual
Or trans or bi you see
And even if you're biracial
Or black or white or brown
America is here for you
No matter what your pronoun
And even if you're disabled
Or able bodied too
No matter what your religion
America is here for you
It's for each and every person
To celebrate and sing
Regardless of what you have to bring
You can be a senator
And you can be a priest
And you can be a veteran
Who fought in the mideast
You can be an accountant
And you can be a fool
And you can be indigenous
And lost your lands in a bloody duel
Each and every non-binary
And each and every son
And each and every daughter
America is for everyone
It's for each and every person
To celebrate and sing
Regardless of what you have to bring
But there's no reason to be racist
There's no need to be stuck up now
All you really need to do
Is not be so quite holier-than-thou
America can't be exclusive
It can't be some closed door
It must always be inclusive
Or else, what the hell is it for?
Each and every black man
And each and every jew
Also black and brown women
America is for you too
It's for each and every person
To celebrate and sing
Regardless of what you have to bring
America is for everyone
It's meant for you and me
It's even meant for coastal liberals
Who drink their shady tea
And conservatives in the country
Who make whiskey out of dew
And even if you're not aforementioned
It's also meant for you
America is for everyone
It's meant for you and me
And everybody on this Earth
From sea to rising sea
It's for each and every person
To celebrate and sing
Regardless of what you have to bring
Regardless of what you have to bring
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
America is for you and you and you and you...
And maybe me too
[hoo]
[yee-haw]
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7. |
Drunken Sailor
03:00
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What shall we do with a drunken sailor (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
Stick him in the bed with the captain's daughter (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
Stick him in a long boat 'till he's sober (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
Stick him in a barrel with a hose pipe on him (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor (x3)
Early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises (x3)
Early in the morning
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