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Nothing Is Free (But The Music)

from STATE OF THE ONION by Stephen Bard

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It’s all being fought right now
No one really wins
It’s all being taught right now
Some don’t have to pay for their sins
A song don’t mean a thing if no one’s left to sing it to
A song will fade away and disappear if no one’s there to hear it

So supremely deaf and dumb
Everybody loses
Voice of woman overcome
Whenever a grey man chooses
The truth don’t mean a thing if no one’s left to bring it to
The truth won’t stand the friction of the day
If no one dares to say it
Say it!
Say it!

Clowns and jugglers flying blind
Big top full of holes
Hard to walk the straighter line
With worn out dirty souls
A song don’t mean a thing if no one’s left to sing it to
The truth don’t really matter much if we’re all taught to fear it
Peace don’t mean a thing if no one’s left to bring it to
A song will fade away and disappear
If no one’s there to hear it
No one’s there to hear it

When nothing is free but the music
You see just how weird it can be
When nothing is free but the music
You see just how weird it can be
When nothing is free but the music
You see just how weird it can be
When nothing is free but the music
You see just how weird it can be

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from STATE OF THE ONION, released July 21, 2023

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