It was the Nixon Era and I was young and angry and I knew this wasn’t a very good song but I was young and angry and it was the Nixon Era.
I present it here because maybe neither I nor the nation have really learned that much…
They Own the Judges
previous versions
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
lyrics
They Own the Judges
they own the judges
they own the congress
they own the papers
and the magazines
they own the cops
they own the armies and
they think that they own
you and me
they own the doctors
they get rich from our suffering
they own the churches
and the sinners inside
they own the colleges
the print-outs of knowledge
they own and use history
to their own ends
they own the farms
they own the farmers
they own the factories
and the workers lives
they own the gangsters
and they run the wores
they own Vegas
and the gamblers trapped inside
they move in the shadows
of presidents and corporations
the means of production
in a handful of hands
you can’t live without money
they enslave us with wages
they pull the strings
that make you and me dance
(C)1976, 2007, TK Major
