Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues , by - Sixto Rodriguez. Release date: 04.03.1970
Song language: English
This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues |
| The mayor hides the crime rate |
| Council woman hesitates |
| Public gets irate but forget the vote date |
| Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it’s raining |
| Everyone’s protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting |
| You’re not like all of the rest |
| Garbage ain’t collected, women ain’t protected |
| Politicians using, people they’re abusing |
| The mafia’s getting bigger, like pollution in the river |
| And you tell me that this is where it’s at |
| Woke up this morning with an ache in my head |
| I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed |
| I opened the window to listen to the news |
| But all I heard was the Establishment’s Blues. |
| Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring |
| Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer |
| This system’s gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune |
| And that’s a concrete cold fact |
| The pope digs population, freedom from taxation |
| Teeny Bops are uptight, drinking at a stoplight |
| Miniskirt is flirting I can’t stop so I’m hurting |
| Spinster sells her hopeless chest |
| Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction |
| The little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted |
| Living by a time piece, new war in the Far East |
| Can you pass the Rorschach test? |
| It’s a hassle it’s an educated guess. |
| Well, frankly I couldn’t care less. |