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The rich get richer
The poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low
Some got pollution
Some revolution
There must be some solution but I just don't know
The bosses want decisions
The workers need ambitions
There won't be no collisions whey they move so slow
Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what am I to know
You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
Just another incredible scene
There's no doubt about it
Hammer and sickle
The news is at a trickle
The commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows
Bombers keeping coming
Engines softly humming
The stars and stripes are running for their own big show
Another little flare up
Storm brewed in a tea cup
Imagine any mix up and the lot would go
Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what I am to know
You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
One unjust, ridiculous steal
Ain't no doubt about it
You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
Just another particular deal
There's no doubt about it
The poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low
Some revolution
There must be some solution but I just don't know
The workers need ambitions
There won't be no collisions whey they move so slow
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what am I to know
Read about it
Just another incredible scene
There's no doubt about it
The news is at a trickle
The commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows
Engines softly humming
The stars and stripes are running for their own big show
Storm brewed in a tea cup
Imagine any mix up and the lot would go
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what I am to know
Read about it
One unjust, ridiculous steal
Ain't no doubt about it
You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
Just another particular deal
There's no doubt about it
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Love this song and wanted to comment on it since no one else had. For me this is about the difficulty of staying informed, not realizing one is subject to the biases of wherever you are born and the control the media exerts in keeping you from the truth. It doesn't matter if you're in the United States (watch the documentary "The Control Room" or China (what do you know about Tianamen Square--try googling it, still nothing, right?) (or the good ol' USSR to use the frame of reference from the 80s when this song was written). It is about how easy it is for an individual to become apathetic and ill-informed in such conditions.
Can I just say, I know what happened in Tianamen Square.
Anybody who lives in a free country does, or can finding out.
The Chinese don't, unless they somehow got word of it, which from what I've hear, most did.
More details would be available if they had a satellite connection.
I agree. The media feeds us what they want us to know. Rocking song