False Conviction is the New Pop Sensation

By EleCivil

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1. Scratching out reasons for sweet little treasons
2. The charlatan nips at the end
3. Of a half-run-dry ball point conspirator scribe
4. While he’s dreaming up rights to defend
5. For nothing’s less blessed than a complacent vessel
6. With nothing but praise on his lips
7. When there’s flags to be sewn and coups to be thrown
8. And blood for the hands of the rich!
9.  
10. So that’s what he writes with no conscience to fight
11. As he sings to his army of fans
12. And he says that last night he saw Joe Hill, all right,
13. With a Little Red Songbook in hand
14. But his own pockets lined with a few easy dimes
15. Was all that his dreams let him see
16. So he screams of the system and rallies against them
17. In his sweatshop-made Guevara tee.
18.  
19. Bush sucks!

Funny story behind this one. I wrote this on request for a band back in high school. They wanted to be a political band, but they didn't want to have to watch the news or anything. When I asked what kind of politics they wanted to stand for, the guy I was talking to shrugged and said "I dunno...just put 'Bush sucks' in there." So, I gave them this. They didn't ask me for any more.