Fake Calls

Every day I get woken up As the sun comes up By my phone ringing With a fake call It seems that the only people Who ever bother to call me Are the fake call people Who all call me With fake sincerity Offering me a great deal On this and that scam I curse at them Yell at them Mutter obscenities in foreign tongues And block their calls Yet it does not seem to matter The next call will be Yet another fake call Am I doomed to receive Fake calls until I day I die I turn on my computer And read my fake news accounts And watch TV for the latest fake news And the politicians lying And the criminals scheming To take my money The Zappa song comes to mind You will obey me while I lead you And eat the garbage that I feed you Until the day that we don't need you Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you Your mind is totally controlled It has been stuffed into my mold And you will do as you are told Until the rights to you are sold That's right, folks . . . Don't touch that dial And I scream to the universe Just leave me alone Then the phone rings…..