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Four kids on the curbside waiting for rides.
9:48 summer Saturday night
There's a breeze in the air you feel straight through
In this sleepy little town where there's not much to do.
Did they do some window shopping, wandering around.
Act a little stupid when there's nothing to be found.
Did they come from the movies and waiting to go home
In this way too quiet place where nobody seems to roam.
CHORUS:
9:48 summer Saturday Night
Kids are being kids under the parking lot lights.
World seems like an oyster, Mom & Dad are in fright
9:48 summer Saturday Night
One looks at the screen making future plans.
Figuring out a world where all they understand
Is their social standing by the side of the pool
In the languid lazy days before it's back to school.
(Chorus)
Will they stay at home with a movie to stream
Or sneak outside once Mom & Dad are asleep.
Drink, party, fight - things not always in sight
At 9:48 Summer Saturday Night.,
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
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Too Much Is Not Enough
04:23
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Sun breaks through the clouds in suburban air
Where residents go through their day unaware
Busy getting kids to what they have to do
Then it’s off to work and white knuckling it through.
Finally get to work after long commute
Settle in with coffee and hope for a good mood
Go through your e-mail when a text comes in
Your supervisor says, ”There’s a Meeting in ten”
Find seat near the back of the conference room
Hope this won’t be long ‘cause you got things to do
Supervisor comes in with a worried face
Deadline’s moved up - due two weeks he’s afraid
And with these words come toil and trouble
The pressure’s on to deliver double
As management by stress demands
You better forget having weekend plans
CHORUS: Too much is not enough (4x)
Later in the day, performance review
Boss tells you where you’re good and what you can improve.
Says if things improve you might get a raise
But money’s tight right now and you have to wait.
Leaving the office with thoughts in your head.
Water cooler gossip seems to fill you with dread.
Say there’s nothing wrong but there seems there’s proof
Almost as if no one wants to know the truth.
Prosperity is nothing but a word
Thrown by power so it’s often heard
Though it doesn’t trickle down to many people
Forced down our throats from government to steeples
(Chorus)
Those in power say you must toe the line
Accept their beliefs and don’t dare use your mind
Say “If you don’t love it you can always leave.”
Don’t even entertain trying to change things
They tell you that the truth is in the bread crumbs
When you disagree say that you’re brainwashed and dumb
When you wonder why things still aren’t great
Those in power will ask why you’re full of hate.
Those in power will ask why you’re so full of hate.
Say you must change before it’s too late.
Say their gaslit fists are a tender touch
Leave you wondering how much is too much?
(Chorus twice)
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Tentative
04:25
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They say cherish life but sometimes it seems I missed it.
Thankful to have work just two weeks before X-Mas
“Cause there’s bills to pay and life can be a struggle
As wealthy pundits say that we must leave our bubble.
Do the pundits care while they’re dressed up so smartly
About those at the bottom or just their cocktail parties
Black eyed chatter, discussion as hypothetical
As real rights are lost as if they’re something clerical.
CHORUS:
Seems they want us stressed so we’re too exhausted.
Pressing buttons so that no-one can be trusted.
Seems they want us stressed so we’re too exhausted.
No matter what we’ve got to give it is only tentative
Money is a weapon forced upon us by the one percent
It’s also required for survival and things like food and rent
Try to say what benefits them will trickle down onto us
Trickles down so slowly the demand is an abuse of trust
Say their plans benefit us more than direct action would
We should just stay silent, give a chance to see where they stood
Pundits give them airtime to vent but there’s little pushback
Goalposts moving extreme right where is the counterattack?
(Chorus)
It’s only tentative – the feelings that they have for us
It’s only tentative – I’m wondering just who to trust
Say no resistance - we should just all give them one big chance
Makes you wonder if this freedom is just circumstance.
Something to wonder in this day and age…
One percent is still in power doing everything they can to protect themselves
Meanwhile we’re on our own.
SOLO
So easy right now to fade deep into sadness
Must go one step beyond just to evade madness
The House of Fun deceives you once you looked behind the mirror
Everyday’s a struggle is a fact that’s getting clearer
(Chorus)
It’s only tentative – the way we see things everyday
It’s only tentative – that’s what they want us think and say
It’s only tentative – I’m wondering just what to do
It’s only tentative - right down to things between me and you.
They say cherish life but sometimes it seems I missed it.
Dp the pundits care that money is a weapon?
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Growing up in a culture where things aren’t always easy,’
Those in power expect you just to be always pleasing
For many each day’s a struggle that they have to power through
The hard path of survival sometimes seems out to get you.
Try to keep up with the news but sometimes it makes the head spin’
Constant misinformation from those who just want to win
Speak of how those they oppose will conspire against us
Only by being like them will one be worthy of trust
CHORUS:
Those in charge tell you work as directed
Hate what they hate ignore what’s neglected
Those in charge say obey as expected
If you care act before you’re affected.
It’s hard to see through the smoke of manufactured outrage
Pundits say” It’s not like they’re putting my kids in a cage”
Then tell you to be angry at the people upset about this
The signs of our “brand new greatness” is something those “left wing fools” missed.
They say pay no attention to those caught in the crosshairs
Capturing people born here while many still are unaware
But cry about “evil lib’ruls” caring about the border
“How dare they link camps to Nazis when guards just follow
orders.”
(Chorus)
Demagogues and rich pundits tell you that things are now great
Gaslight their prejudices as if they are love not hate
Say if you love this country then you must blindly follow
Even when senses tell you it’s a hard pill to swallow
Once someone stands up to them out comes the smears and slander
Powers that be don’t approve of criticizing with candor
Verbal raw meat at rallies perpetuate the attacks
Narcissist gloats while stirring up chants of “Send her back”
(Chorus)
You think times are still normal even as sands are shifting
They’re not after your family but that don’t mean you’re winning.
They always widen targets if you don’t fight they’ll slink through
Will anybody stand up when they come out to get you?
Smothering world gets smaller as one percent gets bigger
Stirring up hate filled minions itching to pull a trigger
Have to act now to stop their game of fascist patty cake
Gonna be a long hard fight but apathy would be mistake
(Chorus)
I know it won’t be easy but there’s no other options
Standing with backs to the walls it’s up to us to stop them.
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Sunday Gotchas Des Moines, Iowa
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