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LYRICS 'PAWNING THE PLANET' ALBUM

killin the truth 
by jeffmezzrow © 2020 

i came to your city 
i came to your town 
i got no delusions 
what's really goin down 

tellin me we can go back 
to them glory days 
when your might 
was your guiding light 
your manifest destiny 

you're fakin 
you're takin 
and you're killin killin killin the truth 
yea you're lyin 
and you're buyin 
and you're killin killin killin the truth 

bully intimidation 
you're tryin to shout us down 
straight out of 
the fascist playbook baby 
we recognize the frown 

yea we saw it in the 30s 
we saw it yesterday 
on the failing failing fox news 
that's what u say what u say 

cuz you're fakin 
and you're takin 
and you're killin 
killin killin the truth 
and you're lyin 
and you're buyin 
and you're killin... 

now wake up everybody 
to this felony 
don't accept the new normal 
manifest destiny 

you're fakin 
and you're takin 
and you're killin killin killin the truth 
and you're lyin 
and you're buyin 
and you're killin killin killin the truth

sap 
by jeffmezzrow ©2020 

sap, why'd you do that? 
yea sap, why'd you do that? 

why do you pay your taxes 
while the rich man relaxes 
in the cayman islands 
they soak up all  the sun old son 

cuz you're a sap, 
you got your bread and circus 
yea you're a  sap, 
watchin netflix while they jerk us aroun' 
around the globe 
leavin nuthin to have and hold 
well around the globe 
leavin nuthin to have and hold 

cuz you're a sap 
can't you hear the ching ching chingin 
yea they're gettin fat 
while you keep on singin 
the same old song 

now now now empty your pockets 
take off your lockets 
just place 'em in the tray 
tammy gonna take 'em away 
and show you the way out the dooooor 

you're a sap 
can't you just hear the seagulls 
relax take a nap 
cuz it's all perfectly legal 
the machinery's in place 
no reason to waste your time 
yea they've crossed every T 
and dotted every single I iii 

cuz you're a sap 

when will you learn 
takin every burn 
you gullible so and so 
they've got you beat at every turn 
withdraw from what you earn 
automatically don't you know

rat in the maze 
by jeff mezzrow ©2020 

i'm just another rat in the maze 
racin thru my days 
sweatin on the job for my pay 
rattlin my cage 
don't even have a say 
this is just how it plays 
no it's not just a phase 
not the lastest craze 

praise be the powers 
that dictate the hours 
from mecca, jerusalem or rome 
moscow and washington 
beijing to brussels 
right back to my little 
berlin home 

i'm just another rat in the maze 
sweatin on the job everyday 
it's a cadcam bridgeport lathe 
cuttin parts 
for the submarine bays 
stunned walkin in a daze 
just a dreamin 
bout my holidays 
no it's not just a phase 
on the treadmill 
the rest of my days 

praise be the powers 
that dictate the hours 
from mecca, jerusalem or rome 
lubyanka to langley 
tokyo, wall st, the city 
right back to my little 
berlin home

precarious 
by jeffmezzrow ©2020 

package re-package 
the age old themes 
blaming someone else 
for your shattered dreams 
if these were jokes 
they would be hilarious 
but as it is folks 
the situation's gotten 
pretty precarious 

well a couple years in 
you're writin history 
destroying lives 
splitting up families 
you're a hero to some 
but to me you're nefarious 
truth is you're a bum 
and things are getting 
pretty fuckin precarious 

once you were known 
as being gregarious 
a reality tv star 
has made the world seem 
pretty precarious

i believe 
by jeff mezzrow ©2020 

i believe in the resiliency of the people 
i believe in the resiliency of humanity 
i believe in the resiliency of the truth 
i believe in sanity

ready to spring 
by jeff mezzrow ©2020 

have i gone crazy 
am i goin nuts 
what's this world comin to 
is it all a bluff 
i thought we were headed 
to a better way 
the promise of a future 
clear and bright as day 
now i come to find 
i'm not losin my mind 
the old devils never died 
they're just waitin in the wings 
in the hearts of men 
always ready to spring

wake up dead 
by jeffmezzrow ©2020 

Strike while the iron‘s hot 
That’s what she said 
Love me till the morning light 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead 

What’s the use in crying now 
Come lie in my bed 
Just love me till the morning light 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead 

Hey, what’d u say 
It’s ok, we’ll find a way 

I've been drinkin and athinkin too much 
Let’s forget what we said 
Just love me till the morning light 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead 
Tomorrow we might wake up dead

time to take sides 
by jeff mezzrow ©2020 

i've been thru the fire 
to get to the other side 
you've made me see clearly 
you helped me decide 
well my hand has been forced 
by a malignant tide 
you made me see clearly 
you helped me decide 

ooh it's time to take sides  x2 

well if there's justice 
let's see it 
vengeance, you can't hide 
an act of god is coming 
you've even made her take sides 
tho you hold the reins of power 
and your allies multiply 
you've made me see clearly 
you helped me take sides 

ooh it's time to take sides  x2 

can't stand by 
gotta take sides 

little bitty bully boy 
you're playin politics 
grabbin all the pussy you like 
while you're suckin russian d……

lock him up 
by jeff mezzrow ©2020 

you tried, cheating and hiding your taxes 
and you lied 
but we gonna find what the facts is 

cuz there's more 
there's more to the story 
and we're gonna hear every detail 

lock him up x3 

well u brought 
the gators and snakes 
to the swampland 

and you taught 
people to fear not to understand 

yea you've been bought 
by your own vanity greedy insanity 
you're a traitor to your own country 

throw away the key 
end this misery 
throw away the key

one more war 
by jeff mezzrow © 2020 

i wanna tell you a story 
and this is how it begins 
once upon a time 
there was a call to glory 
and the heroes 
went rushing in 
yea they fought for god 
they fought for country 
absolved of every sin 
meanwhile back home 
the kings got richer 
just a savin their own skins 

on and on and on 
and on it goes 
it never stops 
there's always one more, 
one more war 

back and forth 
and up and down 
finally over oceans blue 
in reality only one theme stuck 
we're better than you 
soldiers of god 
bringers of order 
beware these wavers of flags 
great ships sailing 
to the farthest corners 
savin souls 
all bound and gagged 

so when you read your books 
and learn your history 
don't let yourself be had 
hear them fine speeches 
and along comes misery 
are we really all that mad? 
to cheer the man 
who promises victory 
doesn't matter who or why 
there's a thirst for blood 
a hunger for the kill 
someone's got to die

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