Listening to Neil Young's "Living With War"

[man4allcats]

It's ironic, but it already seems so dated. I remember when it came out there was so much energy. It seemed like there was still a chance. Then we won Congress and thought things would finally change. Now it seems that our elected representatives aren't willing to step up to the plate and do what we elected them to do. Bush and Cheney are still in power and no less the assholes that they've always been, and why shouldn't they be? Who gives a damn about a non-binding resolution to end the war? Congress now says, "Don't worry. We'll embarrass Bush into being a leader." It won't happen.

We're on our own. I expect this will generate some flack. That's okay. Please, tell me I'm wrong.

[dweller]

1. the restless consumer

The people have heard the news
The people have spoken
You may not like what they said
But they weren't jokin'

Way out on the desert sands
Lies a desperate lover
They call her the "Queen of Oil"
So much to discover

Don't need no ad machine
Telling me what I need
Don't need no Madison Avenue War
Don't need no more boxes I can see

Covered in flags but I can't see them on TV

Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies

The restless consumer flies
Around the world each day
With such an appetite for taste and grace

People from around the world
Need someone to listen
We're starving and dying from our disease
We need your medicine
How do you pay for war
And leave us dyin' ?
When you could do so much more
You're not even tryin'

Don't need no TV ad
Tellin' me how sick I am
Don't want to know how many people are like me
Don't need no dizziness
Don't need no nausea
Don't need no side effects like diarrhea or sexual death

Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies

The restless consumer lies
Asleep in her hotel
With such an appetite
For anything that sells

A hundred voices from a hundred lands
Need someone to listen
People are dying here and there
They don't see the world the way you do
There's no mission accomplished here
Just death to thousands

A hundred voices from a hundred lands
Cry out in unison

Don't need no terror squad
Don't want no damned Jihad
Blowin' themselves away in my hood
But we don't talk to them
So we don't learn from them
Hate don't negotiate with Good

Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies
Don't need no more lies

The restless comsumer flies
Around the world each day
With such an appetite for efficiency
And pace...

Don't need no more lies.

Neil Young.


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[man4allcats]

2. Thank you!

This is my favorite song on the entire album. It is the one that pumps me up and gets me ready to fight when I am down.

Many Thanks!
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