Philosophy Of The Common People LEGACY OF THE SODOMITES                  Take away 9 billion from public hospitals                  Take as many billion as we can from the poor                  Tack on 120 billion at the generals’ request                  See if we can launch the third world war                  Borrow a few trillion dollars from our nation’s future                  Who cares if our grandchildren get the screw?                  Ring the whole damn planet with Armageddon’s lasers                  And paint them all red, white and blue                  Sprinkle some crumbs among the common working-class                  So what if fuel and utility costs are going up?                  Give the rich man a few rebate millions in his hand                  For a brand new yacht so he can win the World Cup                  Forget treaties that took 30 years of diplomatic tears                  And ignore our planet as her temperature is stoked                  Forget Alaskan preservation, ‘big-oil’ has a reservation                  We’re more concerned if christian children haven’t smoked                  Waste our Sunday of rest at the fundamental church                  Belt out our battle-hymns of patriotic hits                  Bow down to our plastic god of stain-glass morality reward                  Thank God!  We’ve covered the naked statue’s tits Click to Go Back to Contents Other Books by Richard Aberdeen Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © 2002 by Brothers/Sisters Productions ~ Copyright © 2002 by Richard Aberdeen No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Music ~ Records / 292 Trails Circle / Nashville, Tennessee 37214 or requested via eMail.  Appendix Revolution and Revolution/Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as desired.