a) Te Dium in upstairs rooms the meals are eaten the cars in the garage ready to go-go disco baby shed no tear hot light overhead shaking meat meet ho ho weekend, ha ha party moo moo sacred cow the White House somedays on the lawn well kept pedigree snap over bones surplus requirements appetite angel going down b) We Are Sane meanwhile below reports flop into the in-trays in-trays meanwhile below reports flop into the in-trays she stares out of her window her will is still in bed she has no memory of herself for care has drained her head the poster on the billboard says she should paint her lips like the smiles on the tv people File #1 "If the thought processes of an individual can be permanently limited to the point of strict conformity to an outside source of thought, the said individual need no longer be considered as such. The enforcement of order becomes possible for anybody with enough power to control what is projected." "See?" "It's all quite simple..." "Mary!" this woman's place is in a home society has judged she does not fit official standards and they cannot be budged there's something in her eyes that says the struggle's gone too deep and there's no comfort in the thought of watching acolytes of doubt try hard to fight their problems out excess profit has the clout to spread the message we are sane! not insane! she reads about a will to power in papers full of lies she hears that every time she breathes some foreign kiddy dies she's convinved it's her fault she's tortured by the strain as words of judgement pour out of the mouths of those who make their mark by keeping people in the dark those who bite worse than they bark are loudly shouting we are sane! not insane! and the chorus says "it's all quite normal... la-la-la" and the chorus says "it's all quite normal... la-la-la" the choruses... are happy as they know no different way except what they've been told today ("left! right! left! right!") accepting their limited 'truth' and blankly humming we are sane! c) Dictator's Excuse Me and we are not to blame we must protect the claim praise those who hold power they shall save the last hour using sacred science they can stamp out defiance wheee...! File #2 "Technician, we want you to build a component for each of our workers, to be with them always, at all time watch closely, so we can keep track of their actions, their interests, their morals, their time out. Some musak to maim them, some fear to contain them. Policy will judge, them brute forces degrade them. Practical behaviour, the cleanser, the saviour. A private vocation has no sense of nation. The maintenance of power can be so fulfilling, just as long as all the slaves are willing. So this is an order: we must curb thought disorder. With a miniature transmitter we can pavlov the litter and train it to do as we tell it, state surgeon, the seed plant thought soon get a new slant. So tiny a dogma idea turn to quagmire, thrum-humming transistor a brain wave insistor, closed circuit hypnosis an inbuilt psychosis, not one self expression deliberate supression. A cycle to squeeze out anyone who we doubt will must be pliable to be reliable." tuned into the media system picture getting hard to see how did you end up as a prisoner when you were supposed to be free? oh, wouldn't you like to know? lebensraum for megalomania endless song with one refrain all eyes fixed upon the conductor baton taps inside the brain..

tremulous and quivering such victims as there are contend with emotions under skin without wearing water wings the strike against the stream hopelessly believing they might swim here they all come rushing down again here they all come rushing down again time has hardly swallowed up the evidence how is it they say they did not know that history grows up like a weed doctrine pinned upon it bars across the window destroy human being static mind solidifies can no longer flow up against it's borders and unable to pay much attention to... human being, human being human being, human being when in doubt you turn to find a scapegoat on the wall gaze into the mirror begging pardon if everytime we tell a lie a little fairy dies they must be building death-camps in the garden Pacing back and forwards conscience in a box barred in from the sunlight getting pale and losing every sense of... human being, human being human being, human being the forces of oppression forge links around the earth ordering our faces to the floor the wilful non-involvement by hirelings of the crimes is futile and inhuman as before the sum of our best efforts shouldn't lead us back to here on the road to murder where we can no longer admit to any human needing, human feeling human living, human loving human fragile, human being

the abstracted shapes of the people's thoughts different shops and pubs all the cheap facades it is all this city it is all this city wind shaken trees half crumbling parks the enquiring eyes fingers parting lace it is all this city it is all this city long straggling queues of the out of work a baby sucking sweets dribbling down his quilt it is all this city it is all this city all this city

the abstracted shapes of the people's thoughts different shops and pubs all the cheap facades it is all this city it is all this city wind shaken trees half crumbling parks the enquiring eyes fingers parting lace it is all this city it is all this city long straggling queues of the out of work a baby sucking sweets dribbling down his quilt it is all this city it is all this city all this city

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TV is switched on the screen reveal a spokesperson adverts, politics, editing the real cheap words, money talks naming itself to be the key to Utopia, Cornucopia to a better world you go buy and buy and if you listen carefully you can hear the bacon fly don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! history shows that policy demands weapons selfish desires simply lead to pain the chit-chat continues a big pretence that divides into power blocks where the orthodox have a propaganda war to fight and if you're looking closely you can see that black is white don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! if the "unthinkable" should happen and you hear the sirens call well you can always find some shelter behind a door against the wall don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh!

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everybody has wisdom everyone understands food when we are hungry the touch of loving hands no one is anyone's property no one should be a slave the joining of hearts in free will begins a tidal wave don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door and it doesn't make any difference the colour of anyone's skin we need the rejection of prejudice let peace come flooding in jealousy is just a parasite hatred is disease respect for human dignity become skittering wind blown leaves don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door the time is surely coming when we could all be free when eyes for so long blinded in opening shall see that children may grow happily safe in the love of all the earth a fertile garden where nobody need crawl don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door and if it seems that your hoping heart has led you into pain take a tip from the carpenter forgive and love again and again

TV is switched on the screen reveal a spokesperson adverts, politics, editing the real cheap words, money talks naming itself to be the key to Utopia, Cornucopia to a better world you go buy and buy and if you listen carefully you can hear the bacon fly don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! history shows that policy demands weapons selfish desires simply lead to pain the chit-chat continues a big pretence that divides into power blocks where the orthodox have a propaganda war to fight and if you're looking closely you can see that black is white don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! if the "unthinkable" should happen and you hear the sirens call well you can always find some shelter behind a door against the wall don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh!

TV is switched on the screen reveal a spokesperson adverts, politics, editing the real cheap words, money talks naming itself to be the key to Utopia, Cornucopia to a better world you go buy and buy and if you listen carefully you can hear the bacon fly don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! history shows that policy demands weapons selfish desires simply lead to pain the chit-chat continues a big pretence that divides into power blocks where the orthodox have a propaganda war to fight and if you're looking closely you can see that black is white don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! if the "unthinkable" should happen and you hear the sirens call well you can always find some shelter behind a door against the wall don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh! don't make me laugh!

everybody has wisdom everyone understands food when we are hungry the touch of loving hands no one is anyone's property no one should be a slave the joining of hearts in free will begins a tidal wave don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door and it doesn't make any difference the colour of anyone's skin we need the rejection of prejudice let peace come flooding in jealousy is just a parasite hatred is disease respect for human dignity become skittering wind blown leaves don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door the time is surely coming when we could all be free when eyes for so long blinded in opening shall see that children may grow happily safe in the love of all the earth a fertile garden where nobody need crawl don't hold back don't think that hope is pointless love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door don't believe that life is closed against us love is a, love is a, love is a, love is an open door and if it seems that your hoping heart has led you into pain take a tip from the carpenter forgive and love again and again