Donand't want a life of lies and pretence
donand't want to play at attack and defense
just want my own life. i want to be free
so you can be you, and i can be me.
Respectable businessman smart and secure
eat the fat of the land that they robbed from the poor
the butcher is smiling as he brings down the knife
as he cuts up the meat, he thinks of the wife
as eminent psychiatrists suffer paranoid fits
the ones they call mad have to pick up the bits
the preachers speaks calmly, says itand's love that we lack
while his imaginary dagger is held at our back
Donand't want a life of lies and pretence
donand't want to play at attack and defense
just want my own life. i want to be free
so you can be you, and i can be me.
In bed youand're the master or mistress, who cares?
abusing each other as your work off your fears
go climb a mountain, go fuck a scout
avoidance of self is what itand's about
pretence and illusion to avoid who you are
donand't work on yourself, just polish the car
switch on the telly afraid you might find
that as well as a body youand've also a mind
cheap glossy surface to cover the lie
cheap easy answers to the what, where and why
media drivel, yet you still watch the screen
life ainand't for real, itand's a magazine
conned from the start but hang onto the lies
youand're a slave to the cathode ray paradise
you donand't want the world, you just want the pics
media junkies, youand'd die for a fix
Donand't want a life of lies and pretence
donand't want to play at attack and defense
just want my own life. i want to be free
so you can be you, and i can be me.
So you say youand'll regret it, well thatand's maybe a start
but itand's so fucking easy to act out a part
say youand'll reject it, but still toe the line
conning yourself that youand're doing just fine
anarchy, freedom, more games to play?
fight war, not wars? well itand's something to say
slogans and badges worn without thought
instant identities so cheaply bought
well freedom ainand't product, it just isnand't fun
youand're looking for peace your workand's just begun
fighting oppression, aggression and hate
fighting warmongers before itand's too late
weand've got to fight back to show that we care
for so many years weand've been silenced by fear
our lives have been ruined by liars and fools
the powerful and greedy who bind us with rules
politicians and preachers who bind us with laws
stolen our peace and given us wars
theyand've used us as means to their own violent ends
turned us against each other, made foes out of friends
theyand've distorted, perverted, polluted our lives
theyand've brainwashed the world with their sordid beliefs
they seek to possess, control and corrupt
if itand's freedom weand're after, theyand've got to be stopped.
