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Ready to die for the right to be foolish
Drinking the cool-aid, defending the right to be wrong
Committing mass stupi-cide --- their leader says there's nothing to fear
now they're burning books again, they're lynching librarians these days

The precedent's been recalled --- there's no longer precedent
Using language to lie, while saying nothing at all
We're headed down to where the bottom-dwellers dwell
Hoping that it might end soon, and doesn't hurt like hell

It's the attack of the stupid people
(They were already here, walking among us)
It's the attack of the stupid people
Awakened in a hebetudinous rage
They've already killed off a million or two
A couple million more is nothing -  (especially if its me or you)

The news ain't news unless it's entertainment
Ratings and fear drive what we hear, til nothing means anything at all
If he saw what people did in his name
Jesus Christ would be enraged, he'd be ashamed

It's the attack of the stupid people
(They were already here, walking among us)
It's the attack of the stupid people
Awakened in a hebetudinous rage
They've already killed off a million or two
A couple million more is nothing -  (especially if its me or you)

It's the attack of the stupid people
now they're burning our books again
Attack of the stupid people
trying to rewrite history
It's the attack of the stupid people
The Jesus Christ I learned about --- would be ashamed

Attack Of The Stupid People

Here's Looking at me 
Let's drink to my health 
Here's hoping that everybody's thinking about me all at once... 

Here's looking at me 
Well, I'm a beautiful guy 
I'm one of the most interesting people I've met (If I say so myself) 

And I don't want to love you --- I just want you to love me 

Here's looking at me and all my eloquent charm 
Here's hoping that you see fit to worship me 
On my terms 

And I don't want to love you, I just want you to love me...

Here's Looking At Me

Now we're ruled by clowns and criminals
Judged by those who hate us
Beclowned into caricatures
Of the worst we can be
Is this still my country?
The land of the free (if you're rich)

And so, this is how the world ends?
No big bang, no epic battle
Only a whimper as we limp away
As we throw up our hands
And wonder what to do..
This is it?
This is how it ends?

The law's a joke that was never funny in the first place
Thanks for making my country hate again
Treason goes unpunished
Traitors in the halls and on TV
Killers roaming churches and schools
Aiming to “set you free”

And so, this is how the world ends?
No big bang, no epic battle
Only a whimper as we limp away
As we throw up our hands
And wonder what to do..
This is it?
This is how it ends?

This Is How It Ends

Just a couple of years ago
We all agreed on basic facts
Science had respect
People weren't so easily confused
We've backslid 50 years
Nowhere is agreement any more

Threat of murder on 5th Avenue
Can't tell now
what's up or down
In or out
Murder on 5th Avenue 
I don't know what's right or wrong any more


You're in til you're out
Day is night
Up is down
You are til you're not
happy or sad
The world is a thousand shades of gray

Murder on 5th Avenue
Can't tell now
what's up or down
In or out
Murder on 5th Avenue 
I don't know what's right or wrong any more

Murder On 5th Ave

Who needs science? Our guy has a hunch!
Who need Facts? Opinions are in big supply!
Who needs truth? Lies are more convenient!

Insist on the truth, and everybody's fine
Dirty tricks and misdirection
These are guys with bad intentions
Insist on the truth, or everybody dies

Who are the adults in the room? Who’s looking after us?
A shepherd, with no remorse, leads his flock to the brink
Groping and staggering forward
While thoughts and prayers produce the usual results...

Insist on the truth

Truth does not compromise
Truth does not temporize
Truth doesn’t vaporize upon inspection


It’s a Kingdom of Lies

Who needs science? We have religion!
Who needs Facts? A miracle is on the way!
Who needs truth? ...unless you want to die


Insist on the truth, and everybody's fine
Dirty Tricks and misdirection
These are guys with bad intentions
Insist on the truth, or everybody dies

Where do we go from here? Who do we listen to?
Who can we trust? Who do we believe in this circus of distraction?
If ignorance is bliss, then it’s wasteful to be wise...
Who cares what’s true when I feel fine?


Truth does not compromise
Truth does not temporize
Truth doesn’t vaporize upon inspection

Kingdom Of Lies V2

I don't like being alone
But I hate being with people more
Wanting to go out
But happy to stay home

Waiting for the day to end
With no special reason why
Sometimes I'm angry with the sun
Taunting me with its shine

I've been socially distant
since way before the plague
Rather read a book than attend a party
Trying to sleep a lot - awake is SO exhausting

Knowing what you need to be happy
Does not make doing it any easier
And things we WANT to do
Often don't deliver happy...

I've been socially distant
since way before the plague
Rather read a book than attend a party
Trying to sleep a lot - awake is SO exhausting

Exhausting

There've been days when I could not find a friend
Get no replies to the letters that I send
All alone on empty streets, no one between  my sheets
Here I am again --- I'm still my own best friend.

And I know it's a simply awful thing to have to say
But people mostly bore me, anyway
With all that idle chit-chat noise, designer clothes and luxury toys
Here I am Again --- I'm still my own best friend.

There've been days when I could not find a civil thing to say
And certain times I have to push everything from my way
I rarely ever take advice (although I've thought about a few things twice)
Here I am Again --- I'm still my own best friend...

Here I Am Again V2

I don't know how to grieve anymore, 
I've forgotten how to cry 

Everybody's weary, and now too numb to fight 
Impossible things become du jour --- How is that a life? 

Mistakes were made - somebody got it wrong 
Everybody's watching everything go wrong

Rules and order breaking down 
We'll wait another day to take the kids to town 

And now we've held our breath collectively 
At the edge of a future we can't escape 

Time to exhale, time to breathe 
We have a lot of work to do 

Though I'm still breathing, and my heart's still beating 
At least a piece of me has died 

We stand by watching, stupefied at what we see 
The past has passed, we're here right now 

The only answers now that count 
are the ones that shape tomorrow 
We have a lot of work to do...

Tomorrow V2

I don't know what's going on 
but I know that something's really wrong 
I don't have a plan for it 
I don't know what to do at all 

It's not easy here for me 
To Pretend that I'm who I want to be 
Once I could be anyone at all 

There's no need to shine a light 
On where to go or how to sleep at night 
No native scouts to guide us 
No cover here to hide us now... 

It's not easy here for me 
To Pretend that I'm who I want to be 
Once I could be anyone at all 


We learned what we did not know 
And never guessed where we could never go 
I don't have a word for it 
Tried one on, but couldn't make it fit

It's not easy here for me 
To Pretend that I'm who I want to be 
Once I could be anyone at all

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