Kings and Priests

from Troubleshooting the Cosmos by Michael McGuire

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They wanna rule your body,
They wanna run your mind,
They wanna take your money,
Leave you behind,
Money don't mean nothing,
But you gotta live,
And society works,
So they can take and you can give,
Maybe it's not all bad,
But is this called good,
I guess a hammer still works,
Without the nail or the wood.

It's hell on Earth,
Heaven's just in your head,
And the kings and priests gave the holy word and they said,
You live my way or you're better off dead.

It's been this way now,
Since ancient times,
We'er just throwing stones,
We'er just singing rhymes.

You say this modern man,
Doesn't toil for dirt,
As you sip your drink,
In a hundred dollar shirt.

But they just make you act,
And they just make you think,
That they work for you,
And that they bought your drink.

It's hell on Earth,
Heaven's just in your head,
And the kings and priests gave the holy word and they said,
You live my way or you're better off dead.

If it don't make sense,
You just don't know the plan,
You see it's all for mankind,
Not for the man,
So they give you a god,
To sanction your woes,
But where he's run off to,
Only heaven knows,
And so they bury the bones,
And they paint the house,
And they teach a man,
To be a happy mouse.

It's heaven on Earth,
Hell's just in your head,
And the kings and priests gave the holy word and they said,
You live my way or you're better off dead.

Sept. 92

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from Troubleshooting the Cosmos, released March 31, 1993

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