SUPERMARKET DEMOCRACY

Long time didst thou dwell
Mid the peoples that mourn
Awaiting some voice
That should bid the return

"Hymn To Liberty"   (D. SOLOMOS)

National anthem of Greece


Been to the supermarket and amongst others, bought some shampoo. It was on offer. A buy-one-
get-one-free deal. Mind you, I have a half head of hair...

Take one last look behind
Commit this to memory and mind
Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
When you leave
Keep your heart off your sleeve


"Motherland"      (NATALIE MERCHANT)






Greece, the cradle of Democracy. In recent elections the party with most votes was given a bonus
of 50 seats in Parliament!
In the land that gave birth to Democracy...

O, my five and dime queen
Tell me what have you seen?
The lust and the avarice
The bottomless, the cavernous greed
Is that what you see?


"Motherland"          (NATALIE MERCHANT)






It is extraordinary how malleable and open to manipulation the system of Democracy is.
And, much worse, the legal shroud it offers politicians to thieve, to succumb to special interests,
to fuel nepotism and generally to get away with murder (sometimes literally).

You can sleep safely in your bed
While the knife it cuts deep, the blood it runs red
Did anyone hear who fired the first shot?
Who licked the first wound
Was the last one to drop
It's just a game
When you're grown up


"The Grown Ups"       (DEMON)

Everybody's hanging round here waiting for the call
The time will come when you grow sick of it all
We run in circles but we're run by the bentest squares
Life ain't that hard but, Christ, it's hard to bear
I'm there where are you baby, maybe broken now...

Now you know just who I am, I am the devil's son
I'm as cruel as the cursed land you have me walk on


                                                      "Devil's Son"           (LUPEN CROOK)


At the end of the day, it is performance that counts-not words. And reviewing history should
maybe teach us that where things really matter, the world has not gotten any better after the
implementation of Democracy globally. I have no clue re alternatives and if anybody knows of
any please, be my guest...
But I would like to experience waking up one morning to smell the dignity of citizenship.

Now come on shotgun bride
What makes me envy your life?
Faceless, nameless, innocent, blameless and free
What's that like to be?

Motherland cradle me
Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep
Keep me safe, lie with me
Stay beside, me don't go
Don't you go
"Motherland"        (NATALIE MERCHANT)



It used to be, when you had an autocrat, a tyrant, an oppressive monarch....you could
just shoot the bastard and get rid of.
You'd be hailed a hero.
But what do you do about "Democratic" oppressors?
You'd probably end up in jail.

They like bomb proof cadillac, air conditioned, gold taps
Backseat gun rack, platinum hubcaps
They pick horses for courses
They're the market forces
They like order, make up, limelight power
Gameshows, rodeos, star wars, TV
They're the powers that be
If you see the come
You better run-run, you better run on home

Sisters of mercy better join with your brothers
Put a stop to the soap opera right now
                                                  They say the toothless get ruthless
                                                  Run on before it's too late

                                                 "The Powers That Be"          (ROGER WATERS)

All I would ask of you
Remember me for what I've done
And not for what I didn't do

Wish I was Jeff Bridges moving down the highway
With the wind blowing through my hair
Wish I was Jeff Bridges moving down the highway
Oh the road, it's taking me somewhere...

"Jeff Bridges"       (MIDNIGHT CHOIR)



Got plenty of shampoo for that but a half head of hair..........