The Great Deception

<br>Did you ever hear about the great deception<br><br>Well the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run<br><br>Have you ever been down to love city<br><br>Where they rip you off with a smile<br><br>And it dont take a gun<br><br><br><br>Dont it hurt so bad in love city<br><br>Dont it make you not want to bother at all<br><br>And dont they look so self righteous<br><br>When they pin you up against the wall<br><br><br><br>Did you ever, ever see the people<br><br>With the tear drops in their eyes<br><br>I just cant stand it, stand it no how<br><br>Living in this world of lies<br><br><br><br>Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singers<br><br>Got three or four cadillacs<br><br>Saying power to the people, dance to the music<br><br>Wants you to pat him on the back<br><br><br><br>Have you ever heard about the great rembrandt<br><br>Have you ever heard about how he could paint<br><br>And he didnt have enough money for his brushes<br><br>And they thought it was rather quaint<br><br><br><br>But you know its no use repeating<br><br>And you know its no use to think about it<br><br>cause when you stop to think about it<br><br>You dont need it<br><br><br><br>Have you ever heard about the great hollywood motion picture actor<br><br>Who knew more than they did<br><br>And the newspapers didnt cover the story<br><br>Just decided to keep it hid.<br><br><br><br>Somebody started saying it was an inside job<br><br>Whatever happened to him? <br><br>Last time they saw him down on the bowry<br><br>With his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin<br><br><br><br>Have you ever heard about the so-called hippies<br><br>Down on the far side of the tracks<br><br>They take the eyeballs straight out of your head<br><br>Say son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back<br><br><br><br>Did you ever see the people<br><br>With the tear drops in their eyes<br><br>Just cant stand it no how<br><br>Living in this world of lies