They Own the Judges

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T H E Y O W N T H E J U D G E S

They own the judges
they own the congress
they own the papers
and the magazines

they own the cops
they own the armies (and)
the think that they own
you and me

They own the doctors
they get rich from our suffering
they own the churches
and the sinners inside

they own the colleges
the print-outs of knowledge
they own and use history
to their own ends

they own the farms
they own the farmers
they own the factories
and the workers lives

they own the gangsters
and they run the wores
they own Vegas
and the gamblers (trapped) inside

they move in the shadows
of presidents and corporations
the means of production
in a handful of hands

you can’t live without money
they enslave us with wages
they pull the strings
that make you and me dance.

1976 (?)
Revision May 1986

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Notes/Memo

1976 (?)
Revision May 1986

The phrase “print-out of knowledge” is from the original song. I was taking computer classes in 1973 and 1980 and was fascinated with technological terminology, sometimes to the detriment of my songwriting.

 

 

 

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