"Blood On Your Birthday" by Odist Abettor
(Copyright 2011 Luke Schutz)
Hey baby, whatchu wearin tonight?
Heard someone say you’re at the top of fashion, that’s right
If you’ll only look away from reality’s contrast
As you’re rising up the ranks of the upper middle-class
(so much for freedom and justice for all)
(‘Cause we’re) Free to be okay
With our plastic innocence
Congress will pay
For our store brand ignorance
Nothing to say
Cliches, our deliverance
Numb out the pain, who wants
Blood on your birthday?
Hey news reporter, you must understand
As you wave to your constituents with coffee in hand
Between celebrity gossip and sports, there was a genocide
And you probably could’ve made a real difference if you ever tried
Instead of only talking politics to blame the other side
(who really wants fair and balanced after all?) [chorus]
Free to be okay
With our plastic innocence
Congress will pay
For our store brand ignorance
Nothing to claim
But our false inheritance
United we stay
Complacent...HEY! HEY! [chorus (cut last line and go to)]
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