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(5,248 posts)Diamond_Dog
(35,432 posts)True Dough
(21,255 posts)JoseBalow
(5,901 posts)1WorldHope
(960 posts)That may be s little broad. He has some very specific poems about America and the machine.
RockRaven
(16,611 posts)Given that it was filmed more than two decades ago and the scumbags are still too much present in our lives/media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Now_in_the_Fire
NBachers
(18,224 posts)rampartd
(1,140 posts)justaprogressive
(2,599 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,097 posts)My telephone rang one evening,
My buddy called for me
Said the bankers are all leavin',
You better come round and see
It start in revelation,
They robbed the nation blind,
They're all down at the station,
No banker left behind.
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the station,
No banker left behind
Well the bankers called a meetin',
To the White House they went one day
They was going to call one the President,
In a quiet and a sociable way
The afternoon was sunny and the weather it was fine
They counted all our money
And no banker was left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the White House,
No banker was left behind
Well I hear the whistle blowin',
It plays a happy tune
The conductor is calling "all abort",
We'll be leavin' soon
With champagne and shrimp cocktails
And that's not all you'll find
There's a billion dollar bonus
And no banker left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind
Hallelujah
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the station,
No banker left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind
Harker
(15,310 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:09 PM - Edit history (1)
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(9,978 posts)The song title derives from the book title The Beautiful People by Marilyn Bender.
This song is a scathing protest of capitalism. Ironically, this song also made the band famous and put them on the map.
And I don't want you, and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
It's all relative to the size of your steeple
You can't see the forest for the trees
And you can't smell your own shit on your knees
There's no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker that's in your way
Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean
The worms will live in every host
It's hard to tell which one they hate the most
The horrible people, the horrible people
It's all anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way
Old-fashioned fascism
Will take it away
Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean
There's no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker that's in your way
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
Hey, you, what do you see?
Something beautiful and something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean
Hey, you, what do you see?
Something beautiful and something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
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