You Gotta Read the News To Play the Blues

yeah i feel a lotta 
sayin' that it ain't 
really what it seems 
a comin' on 
  
what your momma 
and her second personality 
told you bout 
my silly song, 
it ain't wrong. 
  
kinda makes me 
wanna bang the gong, 
but it goes on, 
back and forth 
like ping-pong. 
  
every no-good goody-two-shoes 
try'na play the blues 
without readin' the news 
boo-hoo, ineptitude. 
  
the ruling class can't 
harass me because i  
dash too fast 
through the past 
to a safe place 
at last.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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