Young and happy

from Twentyearzero by Steven Tallendale

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Power shoulders, fake smiles behind bullet proof glass
Teenage summers on a thousand channels to soothe
the threadbare winters
Famous people , TV, the crowds all creed and class
smile together so they can sell something to
towns that live in splinters
But everybody's young and happy
if you drink you are rich
Everybody's free the wars are over
there is no sales pitch
cos Everybody's young and happy

Words and music, reduced to slogans and soundbites
Filling the screen full up to the seems
with words that have no meaning
Evil intent pinstriped or hooded in the street
hiding behind a familiar disguise
a mind that's full of scheaming
But everybody's thoughts are posted online
if your alone you are bad
Everybody's free to do as they're told
Don't think and you'll do just fine
cos Everybody's young and happy

Sons and daughters march to a strangers command
in a place where teardrops fall like cracks in the dam
Where the songs we sing are made like computer read outs
We are free to kill each other on demand

Weather report, war zone, a pop stars latest perfume
Living the dream, eyes open yet asleep, in castles built on bullshit
cos Everybody's young and happy

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from Twentyearzero, released January 12, 2013

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