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Shell Game Redux

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Sweep out the cobwebs
Recalibrate the currency
They're robbing us blind

They're trimming the fat
And counting every calorie
Can't you see that they're robbing us blind?

Inveterate invertebrates
Ingest and regurgitate
They are robbing us blind

There's no convincing explanation
For the crumbs on your dinner plate

Sharpen the knives
And sugarcoat the medicine
Consult your astrologist
Be sure to tip the weathermen.
I know we promised you a dividend

They steal the bread from our mouths
They steal the air from our lungs
And they steal the ground from under our feet
They will try to steal the words from our tongues

Don't let them

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2008-03-07 12:38:00

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