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Big Brother

from The Good Years by The Messenger Birds

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lyrics

I'm a simple man, yeah I got simple needs
Do what I can to feel like I'm free
Bought some thrift shop truth out in NYC
It just got thrown away, it wasn't meant to be

And I did what I could to try to resurrect
Feel like Sisyphus, just got to start again

Got your reports from a Fox News telecast
And all your facts from a blog on the Internet
They bailed you out, thirty mil' from the government
Then it just disappeared, can't tell me where it went

Quick fix, patch the pavement so it's covered up
That'll barely last through the winter months

Travel 'round the world in a hovercraft
Whenever I look up, I'm not sure where I am
Was never sick until the diagnosis
Side effects that came from my prescription

Now I take these pills to help me sleep at night
They never work, but my doctor sleeps just fine

I worked away my twenties for a fraction of a cent
Had all my checks withheld 'cause I couldn't read the fine print
So I took all my ideas, tried to send them off for free
Big Brother didn't like it much, he tried to take it all from me

He said I don't own the copyright
Hell, I barely own my name
You've homogenized the frequencies
Now I'm living like a slave on borrowed time
And I sit and think to myself, when am I ever getting mine?

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from The Good Years, released August 13, 2016

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