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Lyrics for The Central Scrutinizer by FRANK ZAPPA:
| | | Artist: | FRANK ZAPPA |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | The Central Scrutinizer | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 118 | | | | Lyrics: | Act I
PRELUDE
Desperate nerds in high offices all over the world have been known
to
enact the most disgusting pieces of legislation in order to win votes
(or, in places
where they don't get to vote, to control unwanted forms of
mass behavior).
Environmental
laws were not passed to protect our air and water...
they were passed to get votes. Seasonal
anti-smut campaigns are not
conducted to rid our communities of moral rot...they are conducted
to give
an aura of saintliness to the office-seekers who demand them. If a few
key phrases
are thrown into any speech (as the expert advisors explain to
these various heads of state)
votes will roll in, bucks will roll in, and, most
importantly, power will be maintained by the
groovy guy (or gal) who gets
the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in
various
businesses will do okay too.
All governments perpetuate themselves through the daily
commission of act
which a rational person might find to be stupid or dangerous (or both).
Naturally,
our government is no exception... for instance, if the President (any one of
them)
went on TV and sat there with the flag in the background (or maybe a rustic
scene on a
little backdrop, plus the flag) and stared sincerely into the camera
and told everybody that all
energy problems and all inflationary problems had been
traced to and could be solved by the
abolition of MUSIC, chances are that most
people would believe him and think that the
illegalization of this obnoxious form of
noise pollution would be a small price to pay for the
chance to buy gas like the good
ol' days. No way? Never happen? Records are made out of oil. All
those big rock
shows go from town to town in fuel-gobbling 45 foot trucks...and when they get
there,
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