T H E Y O W N T H E J U D G E S
They own the judges
they own the congress
they own the papers
and the magazines
they own the cops
they own the armies (and)
the think that they own
you and me
They own the doctors
they get rich from our suffering
they own the churches
and the sinners inside
they own the colleges
the print-outs of knowledge
they own and use history
to their own ends
they own the farms
they own the farmers
they own the factories
and the workers lives
they own the gangsters
and they run the wores
they own Vegas
and the gamblers (trapped) inside
they move in the shadows
of presidents and corporations
the means of production
in a handful of hands
you can’t live without money
they enslave us with wages
they pull the strings
that make you and me dance.
1976 (?)
Revision May 1986
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Notes/Memo
1976 (?)
Revision May 1986
The phrase “print-out of knowledge” is from the original song. I was taking computer classes in 1973 and 1980 and was fascinated with technological terminology, sometimes to the detriment of my songwriting.
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