Ignoreland

These bastards stole their power From the victims of the Us v Them years Wrecking all things virtuous and true The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool They hypnotized the summer, ninteen-seventy-nine Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous Wicked and able, media-ready Heartless, and labeled Super US citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax Defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah The information nation took their Clues from all the sound-bite gluttons 1980, eighty four, eighty eight, ninety two too, too How to be what you can be Jump jam junking your energies How to walk in dignity with throw up on your shoes They amplified the autumn, ninteen-seventy-nine Calculate the capital Up the republic my skinny ass TV tells a million lies The paper's terrified to report Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this So, f******u, man (fuck 'em) Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland If they weren't there we would have created them Maybe, it's true But I'm resentful all the same Someone's got to take the blame I know that this is vitriol No solution, spleen-venting But I feel better having screamed Don't you? They desecrated winter, ninteen-seventy-nine Capital collateral Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready Heartless, and labeled Super US citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax Defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland Yeah, yeah, yeah I did not do the revolution Thank you --- Ignoreland - R.E.M.