Looking back I must admit, Upon reflection I submit That I have always been my main concern Thinking Only of myself And answering to no one else I give myself my way at every turn Life as I am accustomed to living Has come to a screeching halt She says she is disgusted from giving And in no uncertain terms it is my fault It is my fault I’m sure that I can toe the line Some day I might find the time Right now there’s a hundred things to do I ain’t got time to tie my shoes Between the business and the blues My agent’s calling me can I call you It never had occurred to me That what I want ain’t meant to be I said I’d change to keep the peace Remembering a two year lease But if you go can I keep the LCD?

Homespun humor hides the silver spoon

He’ll spend a million dollars so you think that he’s

Just like me and you

 

Tell us a lie we’ll go along

Everything’s fine (if you) just don’t think beyond

 

For and against right or wrong

Black and white all the grays are gone

 

Chorus:

 

Hey mister spin us the plan

Dumb it down for the common man

Just use a metaphor

Help us understand

Just tell them that you’re on their side

Specially if you’re straight Christian wealthy and white

What you gonna tell them when they

Look you in the eye

 

Man of the people

Compassion is his middle name

He takes home seven figures but he can’t afford to

Pay a living wage

 

Raking it in throw it around

But you hide that stuff when the tax man comes around

 

Line ‘em up mow em down

Send the kids from the poor side of town

 

Hey mister spin us the plan

Dumb it down for the common man

Just use a metaphor

So we can understand

You keep saying God is on your side

Then who’s looking out for all those innocent lives

What you gonna tell Him when He

Looks you in the eye

 

Chorus

 

Quiet little town in which I live

Asked more from me than I could give

Everything used to go so nice

Now we’re all wrapped up in sin and vice

 

And though I should have seen it happen

It did not concern me

And now the noose is tightened

Had to eventually

 

Chorus:

I’m on the Skids, I’m on the Skids

I lost my will to live

Thank God I don’t have kids

I just want to call it quits

Shut my lids, and say goodbye

 

First you left me all alone

Then the whole damn town called in my loans

Closed in slowly, I can’t breathe

And I got no tricks left up my sleeve

 

And though I should have seen it happen

It did not concern me

And now the noose is tightened

Had to eventually

 

Chorus

 

My youth is gone, it left with you

My self-respect and my TV too

Watching pages turn too fast

More black squares on a checkered past

 

 

And though I should have seen it happen

It did not concern me

And now the noose is tightened

Had to eventually

 

Chorus

 

 

 

Don’t Believe It We the people need to know Just cause they say it don’t make it so Don’t Believe It Don’t Believe it When the talk turns to war They gonna tell you what it’s for Don’t Believe It Don’t Believe It When he shouts Let Freedom Ring What he means is oil is king Don’t Believe It Chorus: None of what you hear Half of what you see Just one thing is clear Things ain’t what they seem If they say that levee’s fine Ask around the Lower Nine Don’t Believe It Don’t Believe it If the good hands got your back You’re in trouble that’s a fact Don’t Believe It, Don’t Believe it They don’t have the funds To fix the damage done Don’t Believe It Chorus Can’t afford to fix the schools Lord they take us all for fools Don’t Believe It Don’t Believe It Costs too much to save the earth Tell me what’s this planet worth Don’t Believe It If they say the sky is blue Look outside make sure it’s true Don’t Believe it None of what you hear Half of what you see Who you gonna believe Your own eyes or me Don’t Believe It