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*Satirical parody of business as usual politics :)
 
Devil’s Smile

Well I’m a man of distinction, a man of means
And I lay claim to everything I see
Got this world in the palm of my hand
I’m on a mission and I got a plan
And as I rise all fall for the Devil’s smile
Devil’s smile

Well I take from the poor and I give to the rich
Yea and that’s ok cause you know, well life just a bitch ain’t it
I’m the hand of God one of the chosen few
And I was called to reign over you
As I rise all fall for the Devil’s smile
Devil’s smile

So¯\_(ツ)_/¯lo

Wrapped in a flag, cross in my hand
I'll leave my mark scorched across the land
Nothing to sacred for me to screw
You know I’ll get mine and I’ll get yours too

Cause I’m your public servant, the peoples choice
For the right price I’ll be your voice
Do what I want, commit any sin
And all you fools just vote me back in

Got this world in the palm of my hand
I’m on a mission and I got a plan
And as I rise all fall for the Devil’s smile
Devil’s smile
Devil’s smile

DevilsSmile

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SameDayDream

I remember blue sky’s turn into starry nights
over green fields where I come from
Almost makes me cry when I think of what I left behind
But i my heart I know they’ll always be apart

Now as I look around can’t help but wonder how
So much has changed and yet remains the same
And then I realise it’s just a state of mind
And we’re living in the same daydream 

Don't want no trouble
But I'm ready to rumble
Yea I just wanna have have some fun
I can ride a bucking horse
I’ve had my time in court
And my guitar is my gun

But as I look around can’t help wonder how
So much has changed and yet remains the same
And then I realise it’s just a space in time
And we’re all living in the same daydream 

So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lo

Back down in Richmond
I had lots of fun
Met my first love when we were so young
But now I’m older, weights on my shoulder
But I’ll keep moving cause that’s all I know how

And as I look around can’t help but wonder how
So much has changed and yet remains the same
And then I realise it’s just a state of mind
And we’re living in the same daydream

SameDayDream

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On the dependence of convenience and the collective self.

SaveMe

Well I like milk in my coffee 
A lil' bit a sugar in my tea
Yeah  I like the sweet taste of honey 
Gives me the rush that I need

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Making my way through the masses 
Carve out a spot at the top (cheek pop)
 Living the life of leisure 
Praying that it never stops

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from myself 
From my self

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Solo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But it’s all right now 
Fill it on up is a gas  
But it’s all right 
Fill it on up it's a gas, gas, gas

Choking on the air that I'm breathing
Swimming in polystyrene
Just keep them dividends coming 
Gonna be what it's gonna be

Cause I want it 
And I need it 
And I love it 
And I gots ta, gots ta, gots ta 
Have it

Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from myself
Save me, save me from myself 
Save me, from my self inflicted hell 
My self inflicted hell

SaveMe

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Let Her Go

Well I was sitting in the lobby of the Commodore hotel 
When in walked a woman I used to know so well 
She was, looking like a million after all these years

As she walked across the room, to the reception desk 
A strange kind of feeling came into my chest 
And all them old memories came rushing in

The times we spent together 
The day that we met 
First time I held her hand I never will forget 
The way she smiled at me for no reason at all 
Still got some old photographs from the time she used to call

Well, last time I saw her she was waving goodbye 
Walking down the road with teardrops in her eyes
All I could do was watch and let her go 
I just let her go

Sometimes I wonder, what it might have been like 
If things had worked out a little differently 
Could we ever’ve  shared this life

Through the years I must admit 
I think about her now and then a little bit
And all them old memories come rushing in

The times we spent together 
The day that we met 
First time I held her hand I never will forget 
The way she smiled at me for no reason at all 
Still got some old photographs from the time she used to call

I was sitting in the lobby of the Commodore hotel 
She turned to leave and you know I, I wished her well 
But all I could do was watch and let her go 
I just let her go 
I just let her go

LetHerGo

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LoveIsTheAnswer

As we start upon the journey
We travel with the sun
…until the night does come
Amidst the Saints and sinners
Between the light and dark
…Beware it will turn your heart 

To realise the direction
And stay a steady course
The journey is the quest at the end we’ll find the source 
Nothings ever certain, calm your fear and anger
All I know
Love is the answer

All through the ages
Said in different ways
The questions come in many forms
The answer stays the same
Indecision, confusion turn this world into a game
Flowers turn to the Sun, let nature show the way

To realise the direction
And stay a steady course
The journey is the quest at the end we’ll find the source 
Nothings ever certain, calm your fear and anger
All I know
Love is the answer
Love is the answer 

solo

How can this be possible
Why is this even  happening
Where are we going now…

With every breath we take
And every step we make 
Its a sacred trust
To be, to see, to live 

ah ahh ah…

Awaken to the wonder 
The labyrinth awaits
Journey to the centre
It’s never to late 

To realise the direction
And stay a steady course
The journey is the quest at the end we’ll find the source 
Nothings ever certain, calm your fear and anger 
All I know
Love is the answer
All I know
Love is the answer
Love is the answer

LoveIsTheAnswer

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The first verse is about my own early employment experience. Second an interpretation of business as usual. Third frustration in the acceptance of the status quo. The chorus on what influences the decisions we make.

ForLoveOrMoney

The scene starts with the ones that toil in the field
their sweat is the lube used to grease the wheel
the spoils returned make the big man rich
but the ones in the field are left diggin’ in the ditch

One way or another
with a wink of an eye
when alls said an done
and we all know why
push comes to shove
time to make up your mind
will it be 
for love or money
love or money

Hey not so fast, you can hear the big man say
their paid a decent wage and their free to go their way
But it’s just enough to see them through to work another day 
It’s a steal of a deal coming straight out of your pay

One way or another
and it ani’t no lie
when alls said an done
enough to make you cry
push comes to shove
time to make up your mind
will it be 
for love or money
love or money

¯\_(ツ)_/¯  yeah ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  solo

ooh-ooh-ahh-ah
ooh-ooh-ahh-ah

Damn the indifference, damn the apathy
damn us all accepting its the way its gotta to be
How much longer till we end this malady
and the walls come tumbling down

One way or another
with a wink of an eye
when alls said an done
and we all know why
push comes to shove
time to make up your mind
will it be 
for love or money
love or money
love or money

ooh-ooh-ahh-ah
ooh-ooh-ahh-ah

ForLoveOrMoney

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OhMyLove

Witless wonder, born a new
Gasping for first breath of truth
Sunlit days with no cares
Ending with ones lot to bare

Guiding hands, that hold down
Seeking smiles, finding frowns
Sacrifice for you
I do my love
Oh my love

Triumphs fade to despair 
Kind regards and empty stares
Make the grade, glimpsed at last
Sooner still becomes the past

Feel the hunger, clawing so
Set your sights now go man go
Sacrifice for you
I do my love
Oh my love…

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Solo¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

All I have
I give 
to you
All I need
Is to be
With you please…

Watch the years slip like sand
Through the fingers of your hand
See the sparks flash and die
Like the shooting stars at night

Rise above till the  fall
Answer last clarion call
Sacrifice for you
I do my love
Oh my love
Oh my love
Oh my love

OhMyLove

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StateOfGrace

I went down  to the corner market
To talk to the local prophet
He said $   12.50 please will that be cash or charge

Went home to my one room kingdom
To drink of the liquid wisdom
And let the spirit take the pain away
Take me far away to a better place
Take me back 
To a State of Grace

You know sometimes I’m feeling up 
Sometimes I feel a little down yea
Just trying to get ahead
But I just keep going round and round

Called in to the Tex Mex Shamen 
He said yea man keep on rocking
So I practice my licks till I feel in my finger tips

Let the spirit take the pain away
Take me back
To a State of Grace

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Solo¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

You know sometimes I’m feeling up 
Sometimes I feel a little down yea
Just trying to get ahead
But I just keep going round and round

So I search out the online gurus
To yourself they said to be true
The more you know the more that you will grow
And so it goes

Let the spirit take the pain away
Take me far away to a better place
Take me back 
To a State of Grace
To a better place
To a State of Grace

StateOfGrace 3

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PeaceLoveAndHarmony

Like a change in the weather
There’s a storm on the rise
All around the world now
In people’s hearts and minds

When we all get together you know it’s true
There ain’t nothing we can’t do
For me, for you and the whole world too

You know if doesn’t have to be
A world of rich and poor
Somewhere in the middle now
Is the key to evermore

This world could be a paradise
If we all could learn to play nice
It’s time to start making up
Stop trying to blow each other up

Then you know there will be
Peace, love and harmony
For me, for you and the whole world too
The whole world too
Ah come on now

Solo

I know it sounds a bit naive 
But think of it like this
If something isn’t done soon
Well we’ll all be in a fix

So come on lets talk it over
Find some common ground
Make this world a better place
Spread the love around, all around the town
Then you know there will be
Peace, love and harmony
For me, for you and the whole world too
For me, for you and the whole world too
The whole world too
The whole world too
Yea

PeaceLoveAndHarmony

As  I once heard "I'm not complaining, I'm just making an observation"

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Just Getting By

Now in the land of milk and honey 
In the home of the free and the brave  
It’s a time of feast or famine  and your worth equals your pay 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why
  Work hard all your life but still just getting by
Still just getting by

Well now, do you have or have you not 
Its the question of the day  
And your answer will determine
 If you’re out or got it made 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why
  Work hard all your life but still just getting by 
Still just getting by 
Yea

¯\_(ツ)_/¯  solo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

The bills they just keep coming  
The prices they all rise
 World you used to know before  crumbles by and by  
The same olds never ending
 But the dream keeps you alive  
Till you finely you realise 
That that dreams a lie

Oh, do what you can hope for the best  
Who knows you might win lotto yet  
Life a gamble and you know it’s true  
When one man wins the others lose 
Your lifes defined right from the start  
So get in line and do your part  
Buck the system if you dare 
But it’s dog-eat-dog so just beware 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why  
Work hard all your life but still just getting by
 Still just getting by 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why  
Work hard all your life and still just getting by
Still just getting by
Bye bye, still just getting by
Bye bye, still just getting by 
Yea

JustGettinBy3

TwentyFirstCenturyMedievalWorld

Yea I know it’s  better
Than it’s ever been before
With all the technobabble things
That we all vie for 
Like wi-fi and internet
Uber this and google that
And here’s one thing you can’t forget      
We’re still
Yes we’re still 
In a twenty first century medieval world
A twenty first century medieval world

Annexation 
The red pill or the blue pill
God save the King
Oh Buck Rogers

Apathy is a catastrophe
That plagues our society
Acceptance and obedience
Feeds the endless greed
Like billionaires with rocket ships
Carrots hanging from a stick
And here’s one thing you can’t forget  
We’re still
Yes we’re still 
In a twenty first century medieval world
A twenty first century medieval world

Solo

Ahh…

Genuflection
Masters of the Universe
By the grace of God
Does my head in

One generation to the next
Ad nauseam
begone you old bad habits
So we carry on
To live a life without the threat
Of crazy wars or massive debt
And here’s one thing you can’t forget  
We’re still
Yes we’re still 
In a twenty first century medieval world
A twenty first century medieval world
A twenty first century med-ie-val-world

TwentyFirstCenturyMedeivalWorld

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TheWaySheGoes

Just like the wind blows
You’ll never know
When she comes or where she going
And as she whiles away the hours
In her ivory tower

Don’t try to hold her down
Wear your crown
Or do your bidding
She’ll only run around
An then you’ll drown
In self pity

There’s no mistaking now
You’ve just yourself to blame
Whoa-whoa 
Don’t you know
That’s the way she goes
That’s just the way
The way she goes

¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Solo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

And you’ll find
She’ll blow your mind
And knock you off your feet
Put a smile on your face
And disappear
Without a trace

With just a taste

Don’t try to play some game
It’s just lame 
And unnecessary
She’ll only look away
And you’ll be
So alone

There’s no mistaking now
You’ve just yourself to blame
Whoa-whoa
Don’t you know
That’s the way she goes
That’s just the way
The way she goes
That’s just the way
The way she goes

TheWaySheGoes

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Swingin' ChristmasStateOfMind

Well it doesn’t matter who or where you are
If you’re near or away so far
Cause when you start to feel it in the air
All else fades  away without a care
 
The mention of some snow or mistletoe
The cozy warmth of the fire’s glow
Congers up the feelings we hold close
To be with the ones we love the most

So get ready for good will and lots of cheer
Celebrate a special time of year
Peace on earth is the message and you’ll find
Now you’re in a Christmas state of mind

solo

Well lets open the gifts under the Christmas tree
Spend some time with the family
Just one part of what make it so great
Something we can all appreciate 
So get it together and take some time
No need to worry it’ll all be fine
So glad to be back home again
Wishing the best for all my friends 
 
So, get your coat lets go for a long sleigh ride
Watch It’s a Wonderful Life for the hundredth time
Is that carolling I hear outside?
Look out now there reindeers flying by 
 
So get ready for good will and lots of cheer
Celebrate a special time of year
Peace on earth is the message and you’ll find
Oh now you’re in a Christmas state of mind
Yea now you’re in a Christmas state of mind
Now you’re in a Christmas state of mind
Ho ho ho ho ho

Swingin ChristmasStateOfMind

The untold want by life and land ne’er granted,
Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find. - Walt Whitman

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ComeNowVoyager

All onboard to Andromeda
Take a trip across the nebula
Into the vortex 
Spin and spiral
Across the light years we will travel
 
Look at the parallax
See all the stars reset
The closer that we get
Come now voyager
Voyager

As passengers we ride
On this galactic journey
The Earth’s epic odyssey
Now voyager soar
Through space and through time
To seek and to find
  
Surfing the wake caused by the sun
Will take some aeons before we’re all done
Into the darkness, brave and bold
The great attractor waits you know

Hey
Look at the parallax
See all  the stars reset
The closer that we get
Come now voyager
Voyager
Voyager

ComeNowVoyager

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TurnYouOnLoveBomb

On a cool clear summer night
Someone said to me
Try a little of this my friend
And set your spirit free

Stopped and thought about it
For a second maybe two
And said ah what the hell now
What’ve I got to lose
And they said

Sit on back now and enjoy the show
Let me turn you

On… love bomb
Turn you on…
To loving
Yea

Break

You are the centre
The beginning and the end
This place in time will never be again
May you live forever in love

Break

Now I’m riding down the highway
Feeling oh so fine
And in part I owe it to the one that turned me on that time
So if you’re feeling lucky, keen to learn a thing or two
You know I’m more than happy to do the same for you

Just sit on back now and enjoy the show
Let me turn you

On… love bomb
Turn you on…
To loving
To loving

Well alright
You got it
Let’s go 
Now

TurnYouOnLoveBomb

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For my darling wife Suzanne

JustForYou


Feeling kind of dark inside
On the edge just scraping by
And hoping for more
Cynical of the past
Waiting for another chance
Then you came through the door

When I looked into your eyes
Couldn’t help loving you, loving you
And I still get kinda high
When you come by

No matter what’s in store
I know one thing that’s for sure
I’ll be saving all my kisses for you
Just for you

I was lost in a black abyss
Needing more than a quick fix
And the spark for the catalyst 
Was the passion of our first kiss

Well things don’t always go as planned
Sometimes you know shit hits the fan
But I don’t get sore
Counting blessings yes indeed
Got what I want and what I need
When you came through the door

Now when I look into your eyes
Can’t help loving you, loving you
And I still get kinda high
When you come by

No matter what’s in store
I know one thing that’s for sure
I’ll be saving all my kisses for you

I’ll be saving all my kisses for you
Just for you

JustForYou

MyAngel

Well we all need someone to help us through hard times
Pick us up when we fall and dust us off for another try
Someone like my angel
Yea she’s my angel 
And you know I love her so

Cause she’s sweet as honey 
Smart as they come
Tuff as nails and so much fun
Even helps to pay the rent 
Sometimes I think she’s heaven sent

We all want someone we can depend on
Someone to trust when things start getting ruff
Someone like my angel
Yea she’s my angel
And you know I love her so

Solo

I thank the stars above I found her
Must have been my lucky day
What would I ever do without her
Well I fear I just fade away

Cause she brings me coffee in the morning
Her smile brightens up my day
I start to feeling like something missing
When ever she’s away
Yea she’s my angel and you know I love her so

Solo

Cause she’s sweet as honey 
Smart as they come
Tuff as nails and so much fun
Even helps to pay the rent 
Sometimes I think she’s heaven sent

We all need someone to help us through hard times
Pick us up when we fall and dust us off for another try
Someone like my angel
Yea she’s my angel
And you know I love her so

Yea she’s my angel and you know I love her
She’s my angel like no other
She’s my angel and I’ll never let her go

MyAngel

OnTheEdgeOfTheWorld

Hey have you heard
That time is running out
And there leaves no doubt

To arms to arms
Man the stations heed the call
One and all

Enough with all the debate
The time’s for action
Before it’s too…

Oh can you see
We’re all standing on the edge
On the edge of the world

Solo

When the embers 
Of your dreams 
Lie smouldering 
At your feet 

Then will you see 
We’re all standing on the edge 
On the edge of the world 

Solo

Enough with all the debate
The time’s for action
Before it’s too…

Hey have you heard
That time is running out
And there leaves no doubt

When the embers 
Of your dreams 
Lie smouldering 
At your feet 

Then will you see
We’re all standing on the edge
On the edge of the world

On the edge of the world

OnTheEdgeOfTheWorld

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DownTheRabbitHole

To all the poor of spirit
The meek, the ones who mourn
Those who thirst for justice 
Unfettered by the scorn

Yours shall be the kingdom
The mercy and the win
Known too as the children
Of the beginning and the end
The beginning and the end

Ah rockem sockem, now it’s like this
If I may I be so bold
First world problems, sink or swim
Do the Rigamarole 

De facto mojo, just for love        
Well waddaya know about that
Oneness lies within plane sight
Do the Rigamarole 
Down the rabbit hole

Ah come on now

Down the rabbit hole
Do the Rigamarole

Solo

The stars that sparkle 
In the night 
Fade away into day light
As morning heralds in 
A brand new day

No it’s not rocket science
Just misunderstood 
Don’t wanna fret but can’t forget
Though I wish I could
Knock, knock, knock on wood

To the salt of the earth
That lights  up the world
From the dawn of time
Of the eternal Grind

Here comes the Welcome Wagon
With the rubber soul
The greatest story ever told
Down the rabbit hole
Do the Rigamarole

Ah come on now

Do the Rigamarole
Down the rabbit hole

The stars that sparkle 
In the night 
Fade away into day light
As morning heralds in 
A brand new day

DownTheRabbitHole

TheSeedsWeSow

Well hey now people
What’s all the commotion about
Yea it must be really something
The way ya like to
Scream and shout

Now we put the left foot in
Take the left foot out
Put the right foot
Straight into the mouth

Don’t you know
It’s just the seeds we sow

Yea there’s been
Scheming, cheating
Messing around
Well I’lll let you know bro
Kinda getting me down

If you can’t do the time
Then don’t do the crime
Cause I think it’s gonna make me lose
My mi-mi-mi-mind

Well I hear you say  
You wanna make it great again
But how bout make it
Greater than it’s ever been

Yea how bout it
Be a real go getter
A cool trend setter
Make it better than ever

Yea greater is better
And so much more clever
Just better than ever 
“Don't look back, you can never look back”
That’s what Don Henley says
So you just best look ahead 

Into the future 

Well hey now folks
What ya’ll fussing about
Well it must be pretty special
The way you wanna 
Duke it out

Now we put the left foot in
Take the left foot out
Put the right foot
Straight into the mouth

Don’t you know
It’s just the seeds we sow

Yea there’s been
Scheming, cheating
Messing around
Well I’ll let you know bro
Kinda getting me down

If you can’t do the time
Then just don’t do the crime
Cause I think it’s gonna make me lose
My mi-mi-mi-mind

Yea I hear you say  
Ya wanna make it great again
And that makes me wonder 
Exactly how and when

Yea I hear you say  
Ya wanna make it great my friend
But how bout make it 
Greater than it’s ever been
Let me hear ya say it 
How bout make it greater than it’s 
Ever been

With things like 
A living wage
Universal health care
Affordable education
To name a few
Its just catching up with the rest of
The western civilised world
For crying out loud
So come on why don’t ya

TheSeedsWeSow

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Acumen

Hear us oh Acumen
The horde is at the wall
Without your help I fear for all

Temptation, the darkness
Born from demon seed
Guide us in our time of need  

Oh Acumen 
Of wisdom and light

Mighty Arrogance spreads it’s wings 
As brilliance dims 

Do not forsake us now oh Acumen
Lead us not to rot but sweet dominion  

Brave bold vigilance
Is fending off the hate
But soon it may be to late

Dogma strikes
Without hesitation 
Awareness the revelation
The rev-e-la-tion

Comprehension
Understanding
Empirical reason
Are fading fast
Into the past 
Of days gone by

Oh Acumen 
Source of truth

Mighty Arrogance spreads it’s wings 
As brilliance dims 

Do not forsake us now  oh Acumen
Lead us not to rot but sweet dominion 

The brut strength of ignorance
Is smashing down the gate
Save us from this woeful fate 

The swarm of indifference
Attacks at viral speed
Defend us from absurdity

Oh Acumen

Acumen

Stupefied

Oblivion rains down from from the sky
Delivering another eye-for-an-eye

And it 
don’t stop
No it won’t stop
Till your six foot
In the ground

Don’t it just
make you feel
A little bit stupefied
Stupefied

The worlds fate hangs in the balance
Waiting for the next showdown
Make no bones about it 
It’s enough
It’s enough
To make the angels cry 
Make the angels cry
Make the angels cry

Well I don't know where I am headed
But I know what I leaving behind
The excuses, abuses, atrocities 
Humanitarian crimes

Cause it 
Won’t stop
No it never stops
Till your six foot
In the ground

And don’t it just
make you feel
A little bit stupefied

Don’t it just
make you feel
A little bit stupefied

Stupefied
Stupefied

Stupefied

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” - Carl Sagan

Shining Star

Well hey now
have you ever just had enough
And hey now
Has it ever become too much

Dig deep, deep down inside
Feel the spark that keeps you alive

Be the one you are
See what you are

A shining star
That’s what you are
A shining star

In every beat of the heart
Is a testament to the part
Of the role we all play
Signed in D-N-A
Coursing through our veins
As foretold
It unfolds

So now, right now
Feel the wonder all around you
And now, right now
Know the mystery that surrounds you

Dig deep, deep down inside
Feel the spark that keeps you alive

Be the one you are
See what you are

A shining star
That’s what you are
Yea
Shining star
That’s what you are
Whoa oh
Whoa oh
Ahh

ShiningStar

Lyndon B. Johnson - ”If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/

John Philpot Curran, "The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/respectfully-quoted/john-philpot-curran-17501817-2/

Patrick Henry - Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/patrick.asp#:~:text=Is%20life%20so%20dear%2C%20or,liberty%20or%20give%20me%20death!

No Surrender

Now convince the lowest man that he's better
And he won't even notice you're picking his pocket
Hell, give him someone to look down on
And he'll empty his pockets for you

If ya wanna be free, live your life own way 
Then eternal vigilance is the price ya pay
Cause  Servitude is the consequence
If you’re too damn complacent  

No surrender, to the powers that be
No surrender, to autocracy
No surrender, no surrender 

It’s a lie, It’s a lie, It’s a lie
It’s a crime, It’s a crime, It’s a crime
Of the time, of the time, of the time
It’s a low down stinking lying crime of the time.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet
To be purchased at the price of slavery 
Some will bend the knee and kiss the ring
For me I say let freedom ring 

If ya wanna be free, live your life own way 
Then eternal vigilance is the price ya pay
Cause servitude is the consequence
If you’re too damn complacent 

No surrender, to the powers that be
No surrender, to autocracy
No surrender, to the chains of tyranny

No surrender, to the powers that be
No surrender, to a wanna be king
No surrender, no surrender

NoSurrender

© Liberty 2025, all rights reserved

Amor fati - "love of fate".
Venal ressentiment - A resentment rooted in a corrupt or self-serving motive, where the resentful individual may be motivated by greed or personal gain rather than a genuine sense of injustice. 

Fabulous Failure	

wage slave wage slave
To a protestant work ethic
Birthright destiny 
amore fati

The smart exec knows where the wages are low
Nothing personal now just business you know
Egalitarian principles oh what a bore
How much is enough just a little bit more

Rose coloured glasses
Kissing assess  
Believe your own hype
That’s a leadership type


Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure

Cannibal capitalism 
Pandemonium
Craving idols 
Patchouli dreaming

The smart exec knows where the wages are low
Nothing personal now just business you know
Egalitarian principles oh what a bore
How much is enough just a little bit more

Peccadilloes
Na’er-do-wells
Venal ressentiment


Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure

FabulousFailure

IfYouPlease

I
I believe 
This world could be much better
If you please

A little bit smarter
A whole lot kinder 
So much better
If you please

Designer chains
Of revolving debt
A World of hurt 
From the top percent
To feed 
The greed 
Of pigs 
At the trough
Getting fat 
On others loss 

I
I believe 
That we can do much better
If you please

I 
I believe 
This world can be much better
For you and me

A little bit smarter
A whole lot kinder 
So  much better
If you please

Designer chains
Of revolving debt
A World of hurt 
From the top percent
To feed 
The greed 
Of pigs 
At the trough
Getting fat 
On others loss 

I
I still believe 
This world could be much better
If you please

And D.E.I.
Is not a crime

I believe
I believe

IfYouPlease

© Joe Liberty 2025, all rights reserved

* Subjective observations
* Selective square dance calls
* Abbreviated golden rule

DoRight

Never have a care or want
Sing out a playful tune
By the famed authority 
Of the silver spoon

Weave the Ring
Dosado 
Alamo style

Fortunes of the pedigree
Afforded to few
Among peers so cavalier 
The devil gets his due 
 
Do right
Do right to
Do right
Do right to you
Do right
Do right to
Do right
Do right to you
  
Ladies In
Men Sashay
Couples Trade
Wheel and Deal 
Yea

Write the rules for all the fools
With style and a smile
Another game played without shame 
Leaving all beguiled

Bend the Line
Ferris Wheel
See Saw 

A never ending story
Of natural selection
For all the fame and glory
And progression of succession  

Do right
Do right to
Do right
Do right to you
Do right
Do right to
Do right
Do right to you 

Spin the Top
Walk and Dodge
Box the Gnat 
Shoot the Star 
Yea

DoRight

© Joe Liberty 2025, all rights reserved

Tuff luck 

Got sold that dream of a Ponzi scheme 
Hard work n sacrifice know what I mean
Trade your life away to make a few bucks
And all ya got left is a lotta tuff luck

Tuff luck
That sucks
Tuff luck
Aww

To fast to live, to young to die
Without enough sense to ever wonder why

To old to work to broke to quit
Just a cog in the wheel lost in the mix

Tuff luck
That sucks
Tuff luck
That really sucks
Tuff luck

TuffLuck

Happy New Year 🙂

© Joe Liberty Jan 1, 2026, all rights reserved

Arise

Mortal coil
Struggle toil   
Desire bound 
Awaken this dreary dream
In the light be found

Abandoning all illusions 
The cycle is revealed
Destroyer of space and time

Like a seed

Arise
Arise

This is the dawning of a new age
Clean and pure as morning dew
If you can see then you’ll be ok
To yourself be true
To yourself be true

Solo

Come ring the bell
And close the book
Snuff out the candle
Be free from the hook

Cradle grave
Noble slave
It matters not
Awaken this dreary dream
Remember all forgot

Beyond joy and suffering
Past impermanence
Let go of ego

Like a seed

Arise
Arise

This is the dawning of a new age
Clean and pure as morning dew
If you can see then you’ll be ok
To yourself be true
To yourself be true
To yourself be true

Arise

When

Songs of life, love and other stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rock-n-Roll Forever Forever Rock-n-Roll
 #RRFFRR

JoeLiberty

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