Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Fear Itself, artist - Loudon Wainwright III. Album song 10 Songs For The New Depression, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 28.02.2010
Record label: INgrooves
Song language: English
Fear Itself |
Everybody’s scared everybody’s nervous everybody feelin' uptight |
Nobody knows when the hammer’s comin' down |
Might be today tomorrow or tonight |
Everybody’s talkin' 'bout 1929 |
80 long years ago |
In the 70s we waited for gas on a line |
Man that seems like next to nothin' now you know |
Bought myself a house over in the valley |
Thought I had a money makin' machine |
Can’t sell the place now I’m in a dark alley |
Livin' the American dream |
You know that job I always said that I hated |
Well, yesterday they gave me the sack |
Lovin' your work is so damn overrated |
I sure wish to God I had that job back |
Check out the illegals standin' on the corner |
Watchin' all the cars go by |
Lord they used to look bored but now they’re lookin' hungry |
You can see the desperation in their eyes |
I guess you’re glad you got yourself a college education |
That oughta come in handy one day |
Why I just read about a guy robbed a fillin' station |
On account of college loans he had to pay (back) |
It’s pretty bad here but it’s really bad there |
And in Iceland there’s a riot goin 'on |
In L.A. they’re shuttin' down the DMV on Friday |
Now the weekend feels a little too long |
You got depression and recession |
Inflation and deflation |
Lord it messin' with my heart and soul and brains |
I’m sick of all the stimulation I need a long vacation |
I’ll take along a book by Maynard Keynes |
Grandma used to tell us how she lived through the depression |
And the best way out is always right through |
But she was mean and crazy just a nasty old lady |
Stay in bed that’s what I’m gonna do |