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Medicated-GeniusMedicated-Genius Posts: 359
edited February 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
social conscience ala jack johnson


cookie jar

i would turn on the tv, but its so embarrassing
to see all the other people, i dont know what they mean
it was magic at first, when they spoke without sound
but now this world is gonna hurt, you better turn that thing down
turn it around

it wasnt me, says the boy with the gun
sure i pulled the trigger, but it needed to be done
because lifes been killing me ever since it begun
you cant blame me because im too young

you cant blame me, sure the killer was my son
but i didnt teach him to pull the trigger of the gun
its the killing on his tv screen
you cant blame me, its those images he seen

you cant blame me, says the media man
i wasnt the one who came up with the plan
i just point my camera at what the people want to see
its a two way mirror and you cant blame me

you cant blame me, says the singer of the song
or the maker of the movie which he based his life on
its only entertainment, as anyone can see
its smoke machines and makeup, you cant fool me

it was you, it was me, it was every man
weve all got the blood on our hands
we only receive what we demand
and if we want hell then hells what well have

i would turn on the tv, but its so embarrassing
to see all the other people, dont know what they mean
it was magic at first, but let everyone down
and now this world is gonna hurt, you better turn it around
turn it around
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Comments

  • That's a real song...I like the way the song uses repetition and refrain...it's as if the form is matching the theme...the repetitive cycle of the buckpassing of social responsibility...

    Clever stuff...it works.

    Constructive crit bit: I think the song would have even more impact if the stanza "It was you, it was me..." was excised...it probably fits the music you have, sure, but somehow this part of the lyric is implied throughout the whole of the song anyway...make the reader/listener work a little!

    Thanks, MG

    from

    FPC
  • Yes let's ask mainstream America to think a little...If you don't spell it out kiss your $$$ goodbye
  • I wish it was my song. If only I could write like that. It belongs to Jack Johnson though. And if you think it reads well, you oughta hear it!!! He's a brilliant songwriter and a very talented musician. Definately worth looking into!
  • Oh, right!

    Well...I still stand by the crit!!!! :)

    ...never mind....

    I shall check it out.
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