I've been listening to Slaid Cleaves a lot lately, and I like his song "Beautiful Thing." The lyrics explain the political climate of our country so well:
Surrogates and shadowy henchmen galore
Party hacks and swiftboat and talk show whores
Look at all the lies it takes the job of making cakes
You can own the truth, you just gotta conceive it
Put it on the television screen they'll believe it
It's a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful thing
Wonder how our leaders would ever deceive us
While the profiteers count their cash and praise Jesus
The press sings another chorus of "Let Freedom Ring"
We send our boys away to come home in parts
Believe the lies with all our hearts
It's a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful thing
Dissension is a song only fools and traitors sing
Just look at all the benefits your global economy brings
Today we sing the gilded ages song
Twentieth century's dead and gone
It's a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful thing
We live in a land of hope and betrayal
I get up each morning and try to tell the tale
And so until my dying day whatever fate may bring
The dark age looms, there's evil out here
Somehow I still believe in the goodness of man
It's a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful thing
It's a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful thing
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