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David Rovics
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Market-driven forces
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Are the way we'll save the earth
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We just have to ascertain
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Exactly how much it's all worth
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So we put a price on pollution
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And now we've got lots more
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We privatized the hospitals
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And they stopped servicing the poor
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We privatized the schools
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And watched the test scores plummet
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Then we recounted our success
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At a corporate summit
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We privatized the prisons
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And watched the riots flare
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Deregulated industry
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Created many a billionaire
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We removed that federal oversight
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And watched Enron crash about
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So we did the same with the utilities
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And then the power all went out
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With such a stellar record
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We opened wide our eyes
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Looking for some other things
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We could privatize
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So our next plan of action
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For something calling out for correction
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Is this complicated process
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that we call elections
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So our new proposal
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For some of your consideration
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Is that we do away with polling booths
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And let's just have an auction
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(Chorus)
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Sold to the highest bidder
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It's the road map to prosperity
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Sold to the highest bidder
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'Cause what's good enough for Halliburton (etc.)
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Is good enough for me
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Just think of the advantages
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So many you can choose
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No more lines at polling stations
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No more ballots you can lose
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No more lying politicians
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Just honest CEO's
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Following the wisdom of the market
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Wherever it goes
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It would eliminate the middleman
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And we'd just have a direct line
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No more wasted time with congressmen
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Who we have to wine and dine
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It could all be so very simple
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Over in one day
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When we just choose our leader
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Based on who has the most to pay
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(Chorus)
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There'd be no more special interests
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No need to scrub a voter roll
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We would not have to listen
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To all those mothers on the dole
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We would have no problem
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Telling them to tighten up their collars
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'Cause we'd be following the dictates
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Of the almighty dollars
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You can waste your time with senators
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Or judges in the court
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But the man with the most money
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Is the one we should support
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This is clearly the way forward
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I tell you with aplomb
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Just think of Silverado
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Exxon and WorldCom
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(Chorus)
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