Sixto Rodriguez The Establishment Blues

The Establishment Blues, or This is not a song, it s an Outburst Lyrics: The mayor hides the crime rate council woman hesitates Public gets irate but forget the vote date Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it s raining Everyone s protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting you re not like all of the rest Garbage ain t collected, women ain t protected Politicians using, people they re abusing The mafia s getting bigger, like pollution in the river And you tell me that this is where it s at Woke up this morning with an ache in my head I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed I opened the window to listen to the news But all I heard was the Establishment s Blues. Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer This system s gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune And that s a concrete cold fact The pope digs population, freedom fro