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[lorentzen-nicklaus]

                  t h e   w o r l d   i s n' t   f a i r  

                       when karl marx was a boy
                       he took a hard look around
                he saw people were starving all over the place
              while others were painting the town (buh, buh, buh)
                        the public spirited boy 
                      became a public spirited man 
                so he worked very hard and he read everything
                       until he came up with a plan

                      there'll be no exploitation
                        of the worker or his kin 
               no discrimination 'cause the color of your skin
                        no more private property
                         it would not be allowed
                        no one could rise too high
                         no one could sink too low
                 or go under completely like some we all know

                      if marx were living today
                   he'd be rolling around in his grave
               and if i had him here in my mansion on the hill
            i'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill
                    it's something that happened to me 

                    i'd say, karl, i recently stumbled 
                           into a new family
                     with two little children at school
                     where all little children should be
                        i went to the orientation
                      all the young mommies were there 
                karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight
                 all these beautiful women arrayed for the night
              just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens
                   and they'd come there with men much like me
                        froggish men, unpleasant to see
                          were you to kiss one, karl
                         nary a prince would there be 

                       oh karl the world isn't fair
                       it isn't and it never will be
                         they tried out your plan
                         it brought misery instead
                      if you'd seen how they worked it
                        you'd be glad you were dead
             just like i'm glad i'm living in the land of the free
                        where the rich just get richer 
                    and the poor you don't ever have to see
                          it would depress us, karl
                              because we care 
                       that the world still isn't fair.


                    ~~~ randy newman: bad love [1999] ~~~



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