PRETTY FOUNTAINS By Tom Jensen & Ian McElroy
Yeah, we watch the world spinning
‘round and do our best to fit in
But lately we’ve been getting that feeling
That we’re slowly sinking….
Yeah, we’re slowly sinking…
Spend our time wondering
What’s left to believe in?
We find we’re falling behind
And searching for the reason
Yeah, we’re searching for the reason….
Is it corporate greed
Composed by those
Trying to sell us something
that we don’t need
Or else false gods from atop
their soapbox they preach
For divide and conquer
Is a tried and true technique
For the oldest lesson
Taught and learned in war
Is that battles are waged over ideas
And your mind’s what all sides are fighting for
Welcome to poor judgment theatre…
I am your host
You know everybody ‘round here
Is pale as a ghost
Taxation without representation
Is what the baby boomers did to
ma-ma-ma-my
ja-ja-ja-generation…
They stripped the green from the fields
And carved the snow right off the mountains
Hacking all with their spinning wheels
To watch water flow from pretty fountains