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StarburstRecords

S06: Dirty Little Secrets

Song Description

protesting how corporate Amerika "owns" Congress

Song Length 3:27 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Alternative
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Disturbed Subject Politics
Similar Artists Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Dirty Little Secret
© 2012 Sahlen/Starburst

Cross stage left, Act One, Scene two, the play of life moves on
All that's left fails to find the courage or the brawn
The children of the parents who bore boomers in the night
Failing to acknowledge that something's just not right

(chorus)
Dirty little secret lurking in the shade
Soiled reputations elections bought and paid
Boot heeled to the ceiling, the cobbler takes the blame
Filthy little secrets fix the outcome of the game

Corporate raiders, sun tanned bathers, profiteers at bay
Pollster baiters, common haters, living for today
Indecent shameful avarice, the greed that never dies
Shilling through our TV sets shining through the lies

(repeat chorus)

(bridge)
Hundredaires and thousandaires awaken to your cost
Fight to stop the plunder and minimize your loss

(repeat chorus)

Really passionate delivery on this track......singer clearly means the words. Nice 12 string (?).

Wow, that is a very dark and sad song about corruption, dirty politics and our world today. The vulnerable voice fits the words and the tune is just right - a real folk song, a market ballad. It would sound right in a smoky bar as well as on stage. It is very condemning, and it hits hard, and tells the truth without any attempt at comforting, and no mention of hope. I like it.

Lyrics Sahlen/Starburst
This track is on 2 Member Playlists
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StarburstRecords My Top Songs 7/12/2013
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