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You're a well paid scientist
You only talk in facts
You know you're always right
'Cause you know how to prove it
Step by step
A PhD to show you're smart
With textbook formulas
But you're used up
Just like a factory hand
(chorus)
Something is wrong here
You won't find it on a shelf
You're well paid
You're well trained
You're tied to a rack
Company cocktails - gotta go
Say the right thing
Don't fidget, jockey for position
Be polite
In the pyramid you hate
Sip that scotch
Get that raise
This ain't no party at all
(chorus)
Cringe and tense up
Grind your teeth
And wipe your sweaty palms
Close your windows driving past
The low life company bar
They're making fun of you
AHHH
Even you
You've gotta punch the clock
Too scared to punch your boss
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you open your eyes
Pull up to your sterile home
You're drained
Bite the heads off of your kids
Chew them well, they taste like you
Just slam the door
Assigned here 'cause your company owns the land
All your colleagues live here too
Private guards in golf carts
Keep you safe at home?
(chorus)
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you crack
The dark shattered underbelly
Of the American dream
Avoid it like the plague
It stares you from the bathroom mirror
Drown.
You only talk in facts
You know you're always right
'Cause you know how to prove it
Step by step
With textbook formulas
But you're used up
Just like a factory hand
Something is wrong here
You won't find it on a shelf
You're well paid
You're well trained
You're tied to a rack
Say the right thing
Don't fidget, jockey for position
Be polite
In the pyramid you hate
Sip that scotch
Get that raise
This ain't no party at all
Grind your teeth
And wipe your sweaty palms
Close your windows driving past
The low life company bar
They're making fun of you
Even you
You've gotta punch the clock
Too scared to punch your boss
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you open your eyes
You're drained
Bite the heads off of your kids
Chew them well, they taste like you
Just slam the door
All your colleagues live here too
Private guards in golf carts
Keep you safe at home?
When will you crack
When will you crack
When will you crack
Of the American dream
Avoid it like the plague
It stares you from the bathroom mirror
Drown.
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A great example of Dead Kennedy's. Much better than that California Uber Alles song...... This should be up there in the top 10.
Well "Pain" Scientist?
Ah, Ice's posted most of the lyrics on this page anyway, so we can let him off with a warning for that one.
Self-explanatory song.
In this song it shows the effect of our corporate influence on scientific research. Rather than scientists working for the greater progression of man and exploration of life's mysteries the corporate grind has reduced them to nothing more than every other cog for capitalism, trying to stay afloat for a paycheck.
Scientists were practically the new great explorers but modern life made their dream dead and sterile. A similar message about the death of the great American dream is winnebago warrior.