Satirical song about 50 years old......the more things change, the more they stay the same?
What Did You Learn in School Today?
by Tom Paxton
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie.
I learned that soldiers seldom die.
I learned that everybody's free.
And that's what the teacher said to me.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that policemen are my friends.
I learned that justice never ends.
I learned that murderers die for their crimes.
Even if we make a mistake sometimes.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned our government must be strong.
It's always right and never wrong.
Our leaders are the finest men.
And we elect them again and again.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'
Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching
Artist: Steppenwolf
Song: Monster/suicide/america
Album: Monster
Words and music by John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Nick St. Nicholas and Larry Byrom
Some things just seem timeless.
F is for fighting
R is for red. ancestors blood, in battle they shed
E we elect them
E we eject them in the land of the free, and the home of the brave
D is for you dying
O your overture
M they will cover your grave with manure
this spells out freedom, means nothing to me
as long as theres a PMRC.
put your hand right up my shirt
pull the strings to make me work
jaws will part and words fall out
just like a fish with hook in my mouth
re writes every story, every poem that ever was
eliminates incompetents and those who break the laws
following instructions of the new ways evil book of rules
replacing rights with wrongs in files and records in the schools
I'm not a fish
I'm a man
Hook
In
Mouth
Hook in Mouth by Dave Mustane (Megadeth)