Story Behind The Song

I got peeved one day in May, after a UK cabinet official got caught in adultery, created a national scandal, and still was allowed to keep two house and two Jags at the taxpayers' expense. It also made me think how good, honest people, such as my father a

Song Description

A rant against the goverments of the US/UK, which always tell us they know what 'the people' want, and yet never seem to listen.

Lyrics

Don't Tell Me
© 2006 by Jamie Ambrose

We grew up in a satin fortress,
Safe from the world and our own choices.
It's no surprise we lost our voices,
But I think I've found mine.

Before I walked I could pledge allegiance,
And put my faith in the government and Jesus.
My father said they would not deceive us,
But he got it wrong that time.

(chorus a)
Don't tell me that you know what I want and don't want.
You sold honour and pride for the highest bribe,
And fed the myth as young men died.
Don't tell me you know who I am and am not.
Save your lies for TV, 'cause you don't know, you don't know me.

We work all day and pay our taxes,
As is the way of the good middle classes,
While others sit upon our assets
? And get laid.

(chorus b)
Don't tell me that you know what I want and don't want.
Cause a national scandal and there you are:
You get two fine houses and two Jaguars.
Don't tell me you know who I am and am not.
Save your lies for TV, 'cause you don't know me.
Save your lies for TV, 'cause you don't know, you don't know me.

(bridge)
All I want is quiet and clean air,
A place where I don't hear someone's kids swear,
A place where good guys still get a share,
And the old can rest easy at night.

(chorus c)
Is it too much to ask to live in peace
Without politicians cutting down the trees?
Don't tell me you know who I am and am not.
Save your lies for TV, 'cause you don't know me.
Save your lies for TV, 'cause you don't know, you don't know me.

We're living in a fragile fortress,
And now the tide turns on our choices.
It's time we learned to find our voices.
And I think I've found mine.

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