Ignoreland

R.E.M.

Automatic For The People

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 hypnotised the summer 1979, marched into the capital
Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless and labeled
Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing
Relax, defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah
 
The information nation took their clues from all the sound-byte gluttons
1980, '84, '88, '92 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 1979, 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 fuck you, man (fuck 'em)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
 
If they wasn'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 the winter 1979, capital collateral
Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless and labeled
Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing
Relax, defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah

- (????).  I didn't do the revolution.  Thank you.

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