| Propaganda Blues by Dave
Williams back to CapoDaveWilliams How about the phony products advertising sells? with a copper fitted tee shirt I'll be feelin' swell ain't no law to prevent these lies they got the goods to sell if you're dumb enough to buy 'and you got a case, a case of propaganda blues It was in 1850s, big changes came the telegraph and railroads made a brand new game information moving fast there's a public thirst politicians are in league with William Randolph Hearst that was the start, the start of propaganda blues Here we need to mention a dude from academe In the 20's Edward Bernays laid out the scheme manipulate the public with psychology it was the advertising game in its infancy and the plot thickens... propaganda blues. And in the 1930's, the German people fell Nazi propaganda cast its spell turned good people bad made bad people worse tens of millions died because of this curse the whole world, got the propaganda blues propaganda blues CHORUS A couple decades passed, and just like that TV was every where the the talking heads sometimes lied, but no one seemed to care folks see it on TV and they think its true they see it on TV and they swear its true the ad men jumped aboard, the politicians too, you bought the Brooklyn bridge hey we'll ship it out to you you fool, you got the propaganda blues! |
Harmonica solo A certain cable news network soon came to be you could push any message if you paid their fee in back rooms the fat cats run the game the crooks they elect...they got no shame propaganda blues ...propaganda NEWS! It took some smart people to invent the Internet at first it seemed a god-send for man's needs unmet but there was way more to it than the eye could see now changing people's thoughts is an industry propaganda blues...propaganda blues that CHORUS That old first amendment written long ago was a blessing now it's a curse the lies it protects and adverse effects have gone from bad to worse Lots of folks wondering what comes next if you have a revelation, send me a text but now its come time to put this song to bed so I'll leave you with the words... Richie valens said... para bailer la bamba es necisita una poca de gracia a mi patria, arriba, arriba! propaganda, propaganda...propaganda! Harmonica |