Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues, artist - Sixto Rodriguez.
Date of issue: 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. |