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#9​-​0 Decadedance

from Parakeetfishhead by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar, voice and harmonica
Skip Battin: electric bass
Nancy Tannler: piano

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#9-0 DECADEDANCE

There's a rumble in the heartbeat of the land
undulating almost out of hand
There's a people rising up to take a stand
as the rivers drain and the plates shake
and the mountains blow and the oceans ache
the hourglass is running out of sand...

What's all this techno-talk and psychobabbledrool
all those things we never learned about in school
There's a clicking and a ticking in our brains
in a digitally synthesized refrain
it's telling us what to wear and when to eat
what to need and who to meet
while the system is corrupted and insane...

It's distraction and retraction called the news
in double-speaking words meant to confuse
but there's a forest disappearing everyday
and where the oil spills it will not go away
and while the greedy belch, the landfills scream
from no-deposit disposable dreams
and we wonder what on earth to do
to keep the worst from coming true
though we may never know the reason why
we cannot be afraid to try
the children need to know it's safe to play...

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from Parakeetfishhead, released June 21, 1999

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Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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