Compared To What

Album: Swiss Movement (1969)
Charted: 85
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  • I love to lie and lie to love
    I'm hangin' on they push and shove
    Possession is the motivation
    That is hangin' up the goddamn nation
    Looks like we always end up in a rut
    Everybody now
    Tryin' to make it real compared to what

    Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
    Twisted children killin' frogs
    Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
    Tired old ladies kissin' dogs
    I hate the human love of that stinking mutt
    I can't use it
    Tryin' to make it real compared to what

    President he's got his war
    Folks don't know just what it's for
    Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
    Have one doubt they call it treason
    We're chicken feathers
    All without one nut goddamn it
    Tryin' to make it real compared to what

    Church on Sunday sleep and nod
    Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
    Preachers fillin' us with fright
    They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right
    They really got to be some kind of nut
    I can't use it
    Tryin' to make it real compared to what

    Where's that bee and where's that honey
    Where's my God and where's my money
    Unreal values a crass distortion
    Unwed mothers need abortion
    Kind of brings to mind old young King Tut
    He did it now
    Tried to make it real compared to what

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Comments: 2

  • Peace Chorus from The HeartlandIn 2016, I added yet another verse . . .
    "Trumpy dumpy wants a wall.
    He likes to grope, but his hands are small.
    He doesn't understand the Constitution.
    The people he cheated need restitution.
    What he needs is a swift kick in the butt,
    Everybody now,
    Tryin' to make it real Compared to What."
  • Peace Chorus from The HeartlandAround 1973, another verse was added . . .
    "Tricky Dick, he found out too late.
    That's how he met his Watergate.
    He said he didn't know what others were doin'
    The cover-up was his road to ruin.
    Resignation kicked him in his butt.
    He waved the Victory sign
    Tryin' to make it real Compared to What."
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