Here in Our Empire of Illusion

from Submarine Subversion by the Ghostwrite

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Track 5. Submarine Subversion EP.

Recorded in Baltimore MD at Magpie Cage by Brooks Harlan.

lyrics

When I grow up
I'm going to be a movie-star
I'll live in Hollywood
I'll drive twelve cars
I won't know how to read or problem-solve

When I grow up
I'm going to be a football god
I'll be in Dallas
limousine and all
I won't know how to read or problem-solve
A small price to pay for riches and fame

I won't have time to watch the decay
of their literacy rate
or the trampling of all beings rights
I'll support the troops
but won't have time to think about
the consequence of another unjust war.

When I grow up,
I'm going to rot away
Dreaming of fortune and fame
As the hum of the TV tube
keeps telling me
I'll make it someday
when I grow up

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from Submarine Subversion, released July 1, 2011
One-take live recording.

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