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Turn Their Backs
(album: Never Bet The Devil Your Head)
I got my education in the ivory halls
Found the pulse of the nation in truck stop toilet stalls
And we´re running out of time because we´re running out of patience
So visit our sins on future generations
You can speak or have a conscience but you know it doesn´t pay
They´ll keep you at the margins and they´ll shut you away
I´ve been looking up and down and searchin´ round these parts for hope
Is like finding your footing on a slippery slope
It´s all that I can do just to make it
And say the emperors around us are all naked
It´s all that I can do just to make it through
And fight against their tendency to turn their backs on you
They envy you because you´re young, it´s what they wanna be
But kid beware of hucksters who´ll sell you slavery
They´ll package inspiration like a product on a shelf
Killing any inclination to find it for yourself
See them try to forge a new consensus
After all these years of bludgeoning your senses
Day after day they say
"Would you have it any other way?"
And give a deep sleep of a smile at your reply
