daylight robbery,
that’s what they done to me
and daylight isn’t all they took,
they steal the words right out of my mouth,
the thoughts right out of my head.
they keep on telling me i’ll be free
only when i give up my liberty.
they want to take the breath from my body,
the sound from my ear, they interfere!
they even want to change the brain waves in my brain
and keep drumming in again and again
jingle, jingle, that old refrain,
that i never need think for myself again
till i still look just the same,
but i may really be one of them so watch out..
they keep on telling me how lucky i am
as they take the water from the palm of my hand
sweeten poison colour and put it in a can
and sell that water back to me
that water which used to flow free.
that water which used to flow free.
that water which used to flow free.
they take the ground from under my feet,
put a fence around it and shut me out;
they try to steal my heart,
say i’m better off without it,
say i won’t even feel it
say i never need feel a thing again –
say if i don’t shut it they’ll crush it,
tell me there is no redress,
this is progress!
we better wake up before too late
or the daylight robbers will get the lot.
they get their lawyers to keep us from suing them,
and the crimes they commit they keep on doing them,
and try to get us to sing along with them.
they’re changing the climate with our assistance
eating up the world with too little resistance.
you wait till the day dawns
when they sell you back to yourself
but new and improved, and you buy that one.
first they take away memory
and then they rewrite history,
first they take away memory
and then they rewrite history….
just you forget, don’t you fret,
just plug yourself in
switch yourself on
who needs memory
when you must consume to be,
when to consume is to be free?
they want our compliance
not our defiance,
and if we don’t shut ourselves up,
they’ll do it for us,
take special powers to keep us quiet;
now any spontaneity they call a riot –
sh, just keep watching the war on tv,
the war they say they’re fighting for you and me;
so long as there’s a war they’re happy
quick quick find an enemy,
get those weapons ready.
wake up, wise up, read between the lines;
when they say you’re out of your mind
be sure you’re getting near the truth;
use your madness as your sleuth;
what we got to practice is resistance
in that resistance we need persistence
for that persistence we need resistance –
resistance, persistence, persistence, resistance.
rise up, find your place,
rise up, take your space,
rise up, sing your song,
give what you are, know you belong,
take only what you need and sing that song,
sing, sing, sing that song.
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