I created a simple strumming melody sample in Caustic, and my friend Jamie recorded her guitar separately. I took what she made, arranged it, and came up with the lyrics then.
lyrics
Clamping down today
Forcing us into their way
They want me in their role
Because they want full control
I will not obey your quarantine
'Cause I think your presence is obscene
And your lies have pulled my final straw
'Cause it's just another word for Martial Law
Tell a bunch of lies on the TV screen
The latest was a New York hospital scene
CBS claimin' it was Manhattan
Even though they were speaking in Italian
They claimed that it was an editing mistake
Fuck you, you mean that your "news" is fake
Like ABC News' Syria attack
Or saying that Epstein wasn't whacked
I will not obey your quarantine
(Future dystopian, government's draconian)
'Cause I think your presence is obscene
(1984, everyone's Big Brother's whore)
And your lies have pulled my final straw
(Old ways are pollution, time's come for revolution)
'Cause it's just another word for Martial Law
credits
from 2020 Selection,
released June 14, 2020
Tony Kinnard - Vocals, Keyboard, Arrangement
Jamie Stoehr - Acoustic Guitar
Railway Prison Blues Hidden Track:
Tony Kinnard - Harmonica
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