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D.O.A. (Dumbing Of America)
Music and Lyrics by The Tadago Brothers

Intro (Martin Luther King dialog)

1st Verse
Roll over Benjamin Franklin
You won?t like what you can?t see
Nobody knows the day you discovered
A thing called electricity
Now your face is legal tender
But nobody knows your name
Who you were or what you did
Or nothing about your fame
The dumbing of America
The dumbing of America

2nd Verse
Roll over honest Abe Lincoln
The millennium is finally done
You once led our great nation
And gave us emancipation
Now your statue?s in the Capitol
But nobody knows your pain
Or your vision for a perfect union
Black or white were all the same
The dumbing of America
The dumbing of America

Chorus
The dumbing of America and the numbing of our minds
A lust for life and lack of love won?t tame our pure desire
Now in dumbing down America I?m sure that we will find
That our country counts down the last days
Like the fall of The Roman Empire
Dumbing of America, dumbing of America

3rd Verse
So listen up all you children
Put your ears on and you will see
Turn off the tube and crack those books
And read a little light history
Now your future?s in the past
But your present is still insane
If you live long enough to tell about it
You?ll be so old and walking with a cane
The dumbing of America
The dumbing of America

Repeat Chorus

Bridge (J.F.K. dialog)

Repeat Chorus (twice)

End (Neil Armstrong dialog)