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Baba

Well the blue collar boys
From the local conservatory
Making medicine
With a minor celebrity
Talking up a storm
As they paint it white and black
New ideas are born
If they could only turn the clock back
And Baba, he says
“Come with me”
Do what I do
See what I see

Don’t confuse me with the evidence
Or bore me with the facts
I got ‘em on the back foot
You might look like an elephant
I might look like a sheep
But they’re stealing from the working man
And subjugate the weak
And that’s you
That’s me

Now I feel like I’m a child
Who’ll never grow up
I feel my hope is distended
I think I’m stuck
I’m feeling lightweight and pointless
Wishful and guiless
Guilty with the truth
It’s a holiday I’ve been looking for
Since I’ve been watching you
Keep feeding me placebos
Tell me it’s a panacea
It’s like watching last night’s TV
The morning after just get me outta here

And Baba he says
Come with me
Do what I do
See what I see
Baba he cries
“Close your eyes”
It ain’t a lie
If everybody lies
Baba he croons
His schadenfreude
Scripted lines
In celluloid
Baba he says
“The only One”
Take him with you
He is my Son

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from Entre Las Americas, released May 1, 2012
Words & Music: Andrew Pearson (from an earlier piece entitled "Astronaut Blues")

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