T H E Y O W N T H E J U D G E S<\/p>\n
They own the judges
\nthey own the congress
\nthey own the papers
\nand the magazines<\/p>\n
they own the cops
\nthey own the armies (and)
\nthe think that they own
\nyou and me<\/p>\n
They own the doctors
\nthey get rich from our suffering
\nthey own the churches
\nand the sinners inside<\/p>\n
they own the colleges
\nthe print-outs of knowledge
\nthey own and use history
\nto their own ends<\/p>\n
they own the farms
\nthey own the farmers
\nthey own the factories
\nand the workers lives<\/p>\n
they own the gangsters
\nand they run the wores
\nthey own Vegas
\nand the gamblers (trapped) inside<\/p>\n
they move in the shadows
\nof presidents and corporations
\nthe means of production
\nin a handful of hands<\/p>\n
you can’t live without money
\nthey enslave us with wages
\nthey pull the strings
\nthat make you and me dance.<\/p>\n
1976 (?)
\nRevision May 1986
\n–
\n——————————————————-<\/p>\n
Notes\/Memo<\/p>\n
1976 (?)
\nRevision May 1986<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
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