Mercury & the Architects - People on the TV Lyrics

Front row seats to every national emergency
Hard to sleep when people on this TV wanna murder me
Pardon me a part of me believes this ain’t democracy
The other half spent his cash and worshipped the economy

Have you ever seen the money
Turn a man into a monster?
If you wanna live it’s gonna cost ya
Have you ever seen the news tell the truth?
We were duped by the branches
And didn’t see the roots
That grew into the fourth reich close to war time
The best of businessmen play both sides
If he dies he dies said the rich guy for the last time
For the last time

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If I was a rich man I'd buy every news stand
And tell all the people to play my song
Kings of this Wasteland stick to the game plan
They’ll do anything man to rip you off

I was there when the money turned a man to a god
Who sold the last star put the people in the dark
and bought some stock in robots and oculus
Played both sides and paid anonymous off
That’s the american dream that came true
Lost the land of the free to the greed of a few
If he dies he dies said the rich guy
Like the last time just like the last time

Here’s controversy go and spill the blood of every billionaire
Now they’ll probably shelf me never play my music on the air
Yes I’m aware that the truth is now considered purgery
Charge Mercury with third degree and let the TV murder me

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