Ladies and gentlemen, attention please
Come in close so everyone can see
I got a tale to tell
A listen don't cost a dime
And if you believe that we're gonna get along just fine
Now I've been travelin' all around
I heard trouble's come to your town
Well I've got a little somethin'
Guaranteed to ease your mind
It's call Snake Oil y'all
It's been around for a long, long time
Say, your crops'll burn if it don't rain soon
Ain't seen a drop since the tenth of June
Well I can open up the sky
People never fear
If you ain't impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear
Well you lost your farm so you moved to town
You get a job, they shut the factory down
Now you sit around all day long feelin' sad and blue
You need Snake Oil y'all, tell you what I'm gonna do
I can heal the sick, I can mend the lame
And the blind shall see again, it's all the same
Well ain't your President good to you
Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada too
Now he's taking his show a little further down the line
Well, 'tween me and him people, you're gonna get along just fine
Come in close so everyone can see
I got a tale to tell
A listen don't cost a dime
And if you believe that we're gonna get along just fine
Now I've been travelin' all around
I heard trouble's come to your town
Well I've got a little somethin'
Guaranteed to ease your mind
It's call Snake Oil y'all
It's been around for a long, long time
Say, your crops'll burn if it don't rain soon
Ain't seen a drop since the tenth of June
Well I can open up the sky
People never fear
If you ain't impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear
Well you lost your farm so you moved to town
You get a job, they shut the factory down
Now you sit around all day long feelin' sad and blue
You need Snake Oil y'all, tell you what I'm gonna do
I can heal the sick, I can mend the lame
And the blind shall see again, it's all the same
Well ain't your President good to you
Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada too
Now he's taking his show a little further down the line
Well, 'tween me and him people, you're gonna get along just fine
inviata da Dead End - 21/9/2012 - 08:41
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Album "Copperhead Road"
“Bene, hai perso la tua fattoria così ti sei trasferito in città, hai trovato un lavoro, loro hanno chiuso la fabbrica e tu sei di nuovo sulla strada, triste e sconsolato… Quello di cui hai bisogno è la mia pozione miracolosa che guarisce tutti i mali, rimette in piedi gli zoppi e ridà la vista ai ciechi…”
Nell’ultima strofa un breve riferimento ad un paio di “miracoli” reaganiani in politica estera:
l’invasione di Grenada del 1983 dopo qualche anno di governo marxista…
La casa di Gheddafi bombardata dai jet americani. Poi lui ci fece costruire davanti un celebre monumento simbolico, quello col pugno che stritola un caccia USA, che spesso il dittatore libico – che Allah lo custodisca! - usava come sfondo per i suoi proclami televisivi
… ed il bombardamento di Tripoli del 1986, dopo l’attacco missilistico libico contro le installazioni NATO a Lampedusa ed un attentato in una discoteca di Berlino frequentata da militari americani di stanza in Germania.