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THE JOINT CHIEFS LYRICS
"High and Mighty" (2002 Demo)
1. Throne Speech
2. Thrash Kings
3. Violent Deterrent
4. Million Dollar Man
5. WDYT? (Who do you Trust?)
6. What you Want is not for Sale
1. Throne Speech
(spoken)
I'd like to tell you something from the start
If you came here to see spandex,
and, uh, fuckin eye makeup, and all that shit,
and the words "rock and roll baby"
in every fuckin song,
this aint the fuckin band!
We came here to bash some fuckin heads
for fifty minutes!
2. Thrash Kings
When I was twelve I made a discovery.
A heavy music that spoke honest to me.
From Kill 'Em, Lightning, Puppets, Justice for All...
Who could forsee such an embarrassing fall?
I learned guitar by playing all for their songs
Formed my opinion of what's right and what's wrong
I never thought I'd ever see come the day
Now contradicting everything they used to say
I bought my Black album the day of release
Hungry I listened, though I liked it the least
But then those loads of crap made me want to cry
King nothing bitches image is all a lie
So What, It's Sad but True, but what can I say
Bob Rock took the passion away
Those days of metal are so quickly replaces
But Kirk and Lars; Sucking each others facec!
What would Burton say? Newstead walked away!
Tape trading underground had helped make you great.
How did you become a band that I hate?
Your new tunes sound like you don't even try.
Frade to Black and just say goodbye.
"They're telling you that heavy music is dead.
It's all just bullshit!" Is what Anselmo said.
Metal music symbolize our beliefs.
Let's Fuckin' Party! We are The Joint Chiefs
What would Burton say?
Kings of the Underground, now with the sell-out sound.
Newstead walked away!
Master of Puppets, now just puppets themselves.
3. Violent Deterrent
The cops came to kill the day
Dispersing crowds with the pepper spray
Cuffed n' stuffed for speaking truth
Confuse the views. Destroy the proof.
Rivers run red, bot who really cares?
Push on the prices of our foreign shares
Promoting economics over human rights!
So on we go with the freedom fights
AGAINST-
The Ever Present Violent Deterrent.
Avoid embarrassment, that was the plan.
Ignore atrocities in foreign lands.
A dictator, rules through war
Pure massacre of East Timor
We raised our voice for those oppressed
Now you are too, who would have guessed?
Foreign gunman had you in their sights
To put an end to the freedom fight
AGAINST-
The Ever Present Violent Deterrent.
My lands leader is making light
Of my nation's most important right.
To always have the right to choose.
Without fear, express your views.
Yet here we are, set to ignore
Why brothers die in World War.
What upholds these things today?
No time at all, it's taken all away!
AGAINST-
The Ever Present Violent Deterrent.
Now you know that they think like that
Repress your voice with a baseball bat.
An' now you know that they think like that
Say what they want when your heads to a gatt.
Promote programs to scare you straight.
Your rights of recourse deteriorate
And to our party came those CSIS spies
A moments notice forces mobilized
It's just how plain that they're all insane
These nations jockey for the nuclear reign
More than ever we must confront the lies
Oppressive movements to which we must rise
AGAINST-
The Ever Present Violent Deterrent.
4. Million Dollar Man
Who of you here share our beliefs within the all mighty god?
Who of us all can agree that the system's flawed?!
I'll give the poor & weak a helping hand.
Teach the uneducated to understand.
I got the master plan!
Payments project my face on your T.V.
I acquire all I want with blackmail & bribery.
I'll tell you all you want to hear, because they're all just lies.
During election time, the truth never applies.
*And You'll Soon Realize!*
Every Man
Has got his price and…
Every Man Is going to pay!
Because the Million Dollar Man
Always GETS - HIS - WAY!
How the hell do you think that I've come to be so bloody rich?
Convincing the common folk with an empty sales pitch!
My agenda is going to be a bitter pill,
After you've elected me on your own free will.
*You'll be my Virgil!*
Every Man
Has got his price and…
Every Man Is going to pay!
Because the Million Dollar Man
Always GETS - HIS - WAY!
5. WDYT? (Who do you Trust?)
Instituted
All for my fucking good.
It wasn't wanted,
still that's what I got!
We're represented by the facts as
they're presented,
but proof of truth's dependant on how
you've had to
live through your life.
Who Do You Trust?
- Communication Conglomerates?
- Back Pocket Payment Politicians?
- The Missionaries Doing Gods Work?
- Cops Working On Commission?
Information
All for a fucking price.
They less you know,
the more they're gaining control!
We didn't need it 'til the ad had been
repeated, and
now the views are bled until the cause
gets lost in the
cash.
Who Do You Trust?
- Communication Conglomerates?
- Back Pocket Payment Politicians?
- The Missionaries Doing Gods Work?
- Cops Working On Commission?
Investedgated
All for a fucking law,
In place opposeing your
alternative thoughts.
A new millenium
brings some hope we'll see and end to
'em.
But if not you who sees it through to
end what's unjust,
Then who can you trust?
6. What you Want is not for Sale
Everytime I try to think for myself
I see so manyh advertisements
Offering me their advisement.
Even when I try to block them all out,
Remain so subject to suggestion.
The human science of sociology
Has me unknowingly conforming
As I'm utterly ignoring how I'm
Convinced to purchase shit I don't really want;
Cultured for comsumption!
It takes an efford to just think for yourself
So make the effort, and think for yourself
It takes an effort to think for yourself
Investigation thre nature of man
Reveals responses linked to feelings
What we all find most appealing.
Selling something that you can't quantify,
Pairing products with emotions.
Research revealing what we all really what,
Respect, Love and Health,
Valued more than your Wealth.
Only effort ever gets you these things,
What you really want is not for sale!
It takes an efford to just think for yourself
So make the effort, and think for yourself
It takes an effort to think for yourself
THINK FOR YOURSELF!
It takes an efford to just think for yourself
So make the effort, and think for yourself
It takes an effort to think for yourself
THINK FOR YOURSELF!
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