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Well, you know that you can be a racist
And maybe no one will know
And you can be a sexist and homophobe
If you know how to not let it show
Yeah, you can claim to be a Christian
And you can claim to be pro-life
But if you don't wear a mask
We know that you're a fucking liar
Chorus:
Well, if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
Yeah, if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
If you don't care enough about others
To think of the lives you could save
Well, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well, I was raised to believe that everyone
Deserves a fighting chance
And I was raised to believe that everyone
Should help everyone they can
But if you think that you're above it
And you refuse to understand
Well, you might be a lot of things
But you're damn sure not a man
Chorus:
Well, if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
Yeah, if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
If you don't care enough about others
To think of the lives you could save
Well, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing You've got to do the right thing
Chorus:
'Cause if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
Yeah, if you don't wear a mask
You're showing what an ass you are
If you don't care enough about others
To think of the lives you could save
Well, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
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SORRY STATE
(Music and lyrics by Michael Wegner)
We don't want to be angry
We don't want them to see us here
Let's beat 'em down in the cities and the towns
Let 'em fight the fight
Let 'em place the crown on the next of kin
Let's clean the slate for the next debate
Let the "colored people" demonstrate
What a state we're in
Things are turning on a dime
And we're nervous all the time
We're the victim and the crime
Never mind
Let's raise our glass to the dirty past
And the penitence of the Democrats
It's a sorry state
Let's build a wall for the Mexicans
Shame, shame on the Republicans
Such a story state
We don't want to be angry
You don't want us to lose control
The talking heads keep slamming the door
While the raven screams out "Nevermore"
All the bets are in.
And the junkmen selling feet of clay
They want to slow us down
They want to make us pay for our suffering
Things are turning on a dime
And we're nervous all the time
We're the victim and the crime
Never mind
Let's raise our glass to the dirty past
And the penitence of the Democrats
It's a sorry state
Let's build a wall for the Mexicans
Shame, shame on the Republicans
Such a story state
I don't wanna vote. Do I have to vote?
I don't wanna think. Do I have to think?
I don't wanna know. Do I have to know?
I don't wanna pay. Do I have to pay?
I don't wanna fight. Do I have to fight?
I don't wanna believe, but I've got to believe!
Things are turning on a dime
And we're nervous all the time
We're the victim and the crime
Never mind
Let's raise our glass to the dirty past
And the penitence of the Democrats
It's a sorry state
Let's build a wall for the Mexicans
Shame, shame on the Republicans
Such a story state
Let's sell our souls to the undertow
Let the immigrants be the first to go
Such a sorry state
Let's trade our class for a piece of ass
Let the end times come to pass
It's such a sorry state
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Chris:
Americans are dying and you're selling us beans!
What's that got to do with America?
You can't defend the Constitution
If you don't know what it means.
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with you and me?
We're crying out for justice
And you're telling us lies.
What's that got to do with America?
But we won't just stand here as our democracy dies.
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with you and me?
Well, I guess we're gonna see.
Elite:
Never been the one to play the fool.
Never been a sucker.
Never played monkey see, monkey do.
But look at you, doing what you do,
Hoochie coo.
Front page news.
Nation’s ridicule.
Push and divide individuals.
Its pitiful.
No cross communication.
Like we livin’ in a cubicle.
The time is critical.
The moment’s pivotal.
So if you bring the flames, I’ll bring the fuel.
What we gotta do to move all confusion
And free us from the shackles of institutions?
We catch a Bruisin’. Work us like mules.
Miss America don’t be so cruel.
I got a fist full of fight, mouthful of truth.
We can let the dream die or be living proof.
That’s real talk. I call it TrillSpit.
Keep it one hundred, that’s as real as it gets!
Chris:
And when the riderless horse walks
We'll be following its steps
But we won't be mourning you
We're making sure that you're dead
Then we'll dance.
Oh, we'll dance
Yes, we'll dance.
Yeah, we'll dance all through the night.
We're gonna dance.
Yes, we'll dance. Oh, we'll dance.
Yeah, the world is gonna see.
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
What's that got to do with America?
Only everything.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
What's that got to do with America?
Wait and see.
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fanfare
00:21
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Love The State
05:57
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You’re so carried away that all that we can hear you say
Is ‘You must love the state.
Oh, you must love the state’
For all those who have died to protect your one right
Your right to love the state
Oh, you’re right to love the state
As you watch all the screens
That feed you all your dreams
Showing how the other side is gonna get you
And their new ideas will just let you die with your kind
All that talk is meant to frighten
They don’t mean to enlighten
Showing you film of what’s already here
Amplifying all your fears to their peak until you speak
But you’re so carried away,
all that we can hear you say
Is ‘you must love the state.
You must love the state
God will smile down on you
And He will bless your suffering, too
If you always love the state.
But you must first love the state
For all of those who have died to protect your one right
Your right to love the state
Oh, you’re right to love the state’
—
This has played through the ages
That same poison still rages
Through the veins of all of those who choose to trust
All of them who live to just seize your power
And call it “ours”
It all comes down to two things
Money and the power that it brings
They exploit you and they say your hate is right
And if it helps you sleep at night to believe them
You won’t leave them
You’re so carried away all that we can hear you say
Is ‘you must love the state.
You must love the state.'
God will smile down on you
And He will bless your suffering, too
If you always love the state.
But you must first love the state.
For all of those who have died to protect your one right
Your right to love the state
Oh, you’re right to love the state
Don’t you want to be free
From this madness we see?
We can all have a better world to come
If we just stand up as one to the liars
And their hires
But that door is closing fast
Our next chance is our last
We can come to the better side of history
Or embrace our new freedom as slaves to a state
That doesn’t know you
And doesn’t care.
Don’t you care?
Don’t you care?
Don't you care?
As you’re carried away to your warm and waiting grave
You were known to love the state.
You always loved the state
‘Cause your freedom was tied
To all those who had lied
That you must learn to love the state
So you learned to love the state
Did God smile down on you
And did He bless your suffering, too
Just because you loved the state.
You were trained to love the state
For all of those who had died to protect your one right
Your right to love the state
Oh, you were right to love the state
Were you right to the state?
Oh, you always loved the state
You were told to love the state
You were trained to love the state
It's your right to love the state
You are right to love the state
You must love the state
You must love the state
You must love
You must love
You must
You must
(TAPS)
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Something About Anything
05:20
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"Something About Anything"
(Written by Michael Wegner)
Who's gonna do something about anything?
Who's gonna do something about anything?
We're comfortable in our selves
Safe on the other side of the screen
The air is conditioned
We take our positions
And watch the unraveling scene
We've got to get out of our seats
We might have to take to the streets
Put ourselves on the line
'Cause who's gonna do something about anything?
Who's gonna do something about anything?
You've got everything to gain.
You've got everything to lose.
But if you don't make a choice
You'll have nothing to choose
So who's gonna do something about anything?
Some are born to lead
Take giant steps in the sand
Most of us follow
Piggy-back on tomorrow
Stumbling ahead with no plan
We've got to wake up from this sleep
We've got to stop living like sheep
When the lion's at hand
'Cause who's gonna do something about anything?
Who's gonna do something about anything?
You've got everything to gain.
We've got everything to lose.
But if you don't make a choice
You'll have nothing to choose
So who's gonna do something about anything?
Our leaders are cheating and lying
People are dying
They're flying too close to the sun
Something must be done
Well, isn't there anything that will make you do something?
Is there anything?
Well, isn't there anything that can make you do something?
How 'bout anything?
Well, when are you gonna get off your ass and do something?
How 'bout anything?
Yeah, isn't there anything that can make you do something?
Isn't there anything?
People are dying.
People are dying.
You've got to do something.
You've got to do something.
Anything.
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They taught you in school about freedom
But when you try to be free they never let you
They say, "It's easy, nothing to it"
And now the ARMY's out to get you
Prime time America in terminal stasis
The air is so thick
It's like drowning in molasses
I'm sick and tired of paying these dues
And I'm finally getting hip to the American ruse.
I learned to say the Pledge Of Allegiance
Before they beat me bloody down at the protest
They say they're all about that freedom of speech
Until you go and stand up for what you believe
Prime time America in terminal stasis
The air is so thick it's like drowning in molasses
I'm sick and tired of paying these dues
And I'm sick to my guts of the American ruse
Reality stars, OH NO!
National Guard, OH NO!
Cheap guitars, OH NO!
This time they've gone too far!
(Rock 'em back, Adam!)
Oh, you know the way they pull you over
It's suspicious
Yeah, for something that just ain't your fault
If you complain then they're gonna get vicious
They'll kick you in the teeth and charge you with assault
But I can see the chickens coming home to roost
People everywhere are spreading the news
Lots of us working to get rid of these blues
'Cause everybody's sick of the American ruse!
Well, well, well - take a look around!
Well, well, well - take a look around!
Well, well, well - take a look around!
Well, well, well - take a look around!
Well, well, well - take a look around!
(What are you going to do about it?)
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Farewell Old Guard
04:04
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So long, you tried
You cheated, misleaded, and lied
But now it's time to move aside
Your time at the wheel has expired
Make way for skies anew
Chorus:
Get out of the way, we are marching on through
We're fixing the problems created by you
We don't need your answers, your heaven, your hell
Get out of the way, farewell
Your last hurrah
Your privilege has taken you far
But now, it ends
As we ascend our dignity is on the mend
Make way for skies anew
Chorus:
Get out of the way, we are marching on through
We're fixing the problems created by you
We don't need your answers, your heaven, your hell
Get out of the way, farewell
Yeah!
Get out of the way, we are marching on through
We're fixing the problems created by you
We don't need your answers, your heaven, your hell
Get out of the way, farewell
Get out of the way, we are marching on through
We're ending the madness created by you
We don't need excuses, your heaven, your hell
Get out of the way, farewell, farewell, farewell
Goodbye
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Seeing the sea recede
A foolish man thinks he's beaten the tide
So he goes deeper in
Shaking his fists with a threat to the sky
Then he looks to the shore
Calling to those who choose to be fooled
"I have defeated the sea, so clearly I am the one to rule".
But what he can't really know
It's already to late to be saved
'Cause when it all turns around
It'll be in the form of a tidal wave
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops.
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops.
Many followed him in
Emboldened, they scrawled their hate in the sand
"Our words will stand for all time..."
Just as the sea came crashing in
And there was nowhere to run
No one to blame, no God, and no gun
Nothing could stop the wave
Until the wave was done
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops.
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops.
Now, there is no sound
Except for waves, and birds, and life
The ugliness is gone
Taken by the incoming tide
And every wave that crashes
Reclaims what was always to be
And the clock will only go forward into history.
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops.
We are the sea. Time is the tide.
We have the power to make things right.
We will not change. We will not stop.
The ocean is made of single drops...
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Chris McKay Athens, Georgia
Chris McKay is a singer, songwriter and performer based in Athens, Georgia.
In addition to
his solo music and his work with original bands The Everywhen, The Critical Darlings, The Spinoffs, and Q-Sign, he also regularly has performed the music of The Beatles as a member of Abbey Road Live!
Definitive versions of his albums are featured here, often with bonus tracks not available elsewhere.
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