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For Profit & Power

from Fool's Parade by Francis Voignier

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Lyrics & music by Francis Voignier 2006

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For Profit and Power

They lied about the war
They lied about the towers
While people die for their mistakes
While soldiers fight for a gross charade
For the thirst of those in power

They took the jobs away
Dividing the good people
Against each other
So that they are left
De-unionized, dehumanized
Like souls without a nation

To call a democracy
A place that allows torture
A land that strips its citizens
Of their rights and their dignity
Downright borders on evil


They lie, they lie and then some more
Like kids with their hands in the jar
Eying the door
They lie to us like we can’t see right through the holes
Then try to rob us of what we’ve earned
Until we fall


For them to call the center the left
Tells us how far these fascists
Have overtaken the system
For profit and for power
Like bloated undertakers

It glorifies hypocrisy
For them to call the numbers
And then end up
In a pit of snakes
Blaming the devil for their sins
Like drunken shifty cowards

They lie, they lie…

© 2006 US Copyright Office

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from Fool's Parade, released September 1, 2006

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Francis Voignier San Francisco, California

Francis Voignier formed his first band in 1968. He moved from Eastern France to Paris and then London where he made his professional debut. He worked in NYC
as a sideman between 1978 and 1982, before heading for San Francisco where he spent 10 years performing and recording with many bands, as well as producing artists in his own studio. He now lives in the Northern California city of Eureka. ... more

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