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j. mamana - new america lyrics

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well, i want to know:
does the child act?
he’ll read the part of the boy
and so
in east hollywood
babylon stood
between a wendy’s and boo’s
and true
the vista still stands in view
of the wreckage we attend to

ebullient, the world withdrew

in my reveries, i have seen ruins:
the seas envelop the pier and renew
the sets griffith built
and tore down in ’22
the scene of belshazzar’s feast ensues

there on the stucco walls
words in an ancient scrawl
baffling to one and all
and the wis+m+n leapt
to interpret the cryptic text
but remained vexed
and daniel came and did proclaim
that the words defamed
and slighted several
powerful names
and their wives, ashamed
with the children wept
and daniel did the same

this new america is not as it seems
it’s all in fatuous dispatches and that rip
rip, rippin’ good tv

i know!

well, i wanna know:
can the child dance?
i see a toe+tapping infant christ
in a neon+lit manger bed
and the magi in cherry red
and the yellow moon overhead

where’d it all go wrong?
a century of vaudeville and little folk songs
we’re moving west with god!
in old california gave birth to us all
so, what if they’re enthralled?
from the mind of a klansman
springs history’s sprawl
and that’s entertainment there, doll
it’s not all that serious, don’t act so appalled
i’m with the old wis+m+n
and dan’s in the lion’s den
the child, he cl!cks his pen

in velvet pews
the studio views the big debut
with a retinue of bookish kids
who are straight confused
having paid their dues
to the naked bourgeois
preferences of businesses
and their interest+saddled
cocaine+addled kids

this new america is not as it seems
it’s all in fatuous dispatches and that rip
rip, rippin’ good tv

i know!

- j mamana lyrics

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