Man of the People

He's everybody's token on everybody's wall,
Blessing all the papers, thanking one and all,
Hugging all the babies, kissing all the ladies,
Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall;
--Somebody Up There Likes Me, David Bowie

Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard;

I just read the daily news and swear by every word;

--Barrytown, Steely Dan

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows that the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

--Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen

We got no-necked oilmen from Texas

And good ol' boys from Tennessee

And college men from LSU

Went in dumb - come out dumb too

Hustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoes

Gettin' drunk every weekend at the barbecues

Keepin' the niggers down

--Rednecks, Randy Newman

In their sties with all their packings

They don't care what goes on around

In their lives there's something lacking

What they need's a damn good whacking

--Piggies, the Beatles

In your pomp and all your glory

You're a poorer man than me,

As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.

-- Wind Up, Jethro Tull