Title: “Welcome to the Show (Sponsored by Nobody You Know)”
Intro (spoken, in a Carlin-style voice):
Ladies and gentlemen… presenting the grand illusion!
Where facts are optional, logic’s on vacation, and your thoughts are gently massaged by your corporate overlords.
Sit back, relax… and question nothing.
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Verse 1:
Click the remote, start the parade,
Of well-groomed puppets and the deals they made.
They’re selling freedom, fifty bucks a pop,
Just don’t ask where your privacy dropped.
Verse 2:
They teach the kids how to raise their hand,
But not how to think or where they stand.
Memorize, sanitize, test and forget,
Then work till you’re dead and die in debt.
Chorus:
Welcome to the show, brought to you by greed,
Where truth’s just a product and facts just mislead.
Laugh it off, don’t look too close,
You might just find what scares you most.
It’s all for sale, your soul and time,
Packaged neat in a corporate rhyme.
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Verse 3:
They vote with wallets, not with brains,
Then blame the poor when it all goes insane.
A circus act in red and blue,
Pick your side, it still screws you.
Verse 4:
They build the fear, then sell the cure,
Make you sick, then say endure.
Buy one lie, get two for free,
With a side of false democracy.
Chorus (repeat with extra punch):
Welcome to the show, now take your seat,
Where the lies are loud and the truth’s discreet.
They’ll smile wide while stealing the ground,
And leave you lost when the lights go down.
It’s all pretend, but oh, so slick—
A nation hypnotized by a soundbite trick.
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Outro (spoken, fading out with guitar squeal):
Remember, folks… if you’re not laughing, you’re not paying attention.
And if you are paying attention, good luck getting any sleep tonight.
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Robert Ramage 
