This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Tipper, what's that sticker sticking on my CD?
Is that some kind of warning to protect me?
Freedom of choice needs a stronger, stronger voice.
You can stamp out the source, but you can't stop creative thoughts.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
Hey, hey all you, all you senators wives,
Better take a good look at your own lives
Before you go preaching to me
Your definition of obscenity.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
The irony it seems, it seems to me,
It's un-american policy.
Yeah, we've come so far but still only to find
People like you with ignorant minds.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
Is that some kind of warning to protect me?
Freedom of choice needs a stronger, stronger voice.
You can stamp out the source, but you can't stop creative thoughts.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
Hey, hey all you, all you senators wives,
Better take a good look at your own lives
Before you go preaching to me
Your definition of obscenity.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
The irony it seems, it seems to me,
It's un-american policy.
Yeah, we've come so far but still only to find
People like you with ignorant minds.
Ah, tipper come on, ain't you been getting it on?
Ask Ozzie, Zappa or me.
We'll show you what it's like to be free.
Ah, tipper come on, it's just a smoke screen for the real problems:
S&L deficit, the homeless, the environment.
Lyrics submitted by Maxine
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I cant believe that no one has commented here. Well the song is about Tipper Gore and her involvment in the PMRC during the 80s. The PMRC came up with the "Parental Advisory" sticker that is put on CDs.
rrrgh i cant stand parental advisory stickers... some stores ask for i.d., some dont, and it just makes a huge inconvenience cuz theres no way to stop kids from gettign the music anyways.
I find it quiet ironic the song tells Tipper Gore to focus on real problems like the environment.
This song is greatness! I can't stand Tipper. AT ALL.
Who's that "Ozzie" they talk about? If it said "Ozzy" I'd know who's this about..
It's Ozzy.
It's the same one. Those who could give a crap about working together to give children a fighting chance in life are often the idiots who cannot spell. We're not all blessed with good, bright, moral parents, and as Hillary so eloquently stated, "It takes a village to raise a child."
Small correction, it's Ozzy, not Ozzie.