Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Naked Truth

At the rate this country is going, we may all lose the shirt off our back (and it won't always be this pretty). No pressure, President Obama. But something's gotta give ...

   

"The Great Depression" (Paul Weller) 
The Jam 

I think we must have all gone mad 
Maybe right turned over 
They promise us the earth 
Instead we've got the great depression 
Now you're free and easy with the base
 You blame your brothers and sisters 
And neurotics say sod the rest 
It's the new dissension Into the abyss 
By pushing forwards 
It's always down I
t's a desperate war 
You're trying to blow yourselves up 
You don't care who you stand... with the help about 
Hey hey - well that's not the way 
No sense or reason in your fussing and fighting 
And your violent obsession 
Who's ever really left feeling fine 
After the great depression? 
No sense of purpose in the competition 
Keeping up with the Joneses 
You buy a house, 
You buy a car 
You buy a marriage and a bed of roses Into the abyss 
By pushing forwards 
It's always down 
It's a desperate war 
You're trying to blow yourselves up 
You don't care who you stand ... with the help about 
Hey hey -- well that's not the way 

(Top photo by Sam Robles)

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