Teenage Communist

from Solid Gold Hits! by Karl Meyer and Nicole Toth

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Well they stormed the capital and committed treason
Seems to me they did it for all the wrong reasons
If you’re gonna smash glass, scream, and shout
Why not do it for those who’ve been left out?
Instead they turned their backs on the downtrodden
In worship of a soul that’s completely rotten
You see all this hypocrisy
Brings out the teenage, the teenage communist in me

I never bought the lie that wealth trickles down
But I still gotta make ends meet in silicon town
Do what you can, go get a career
Bring dollars in the door for bread and beer
Gotta swallow some pride, show no fear
Pretend like the money is oh so dear
You see all this hypocrisy
Brings out the teenage, the teenage communist in me

Everything’s built on inherited wealth
Looks like it’s gonna destroy itself
The rich get richer and the poor stay poor
The people in power still clink their glasses
Religion still pacifies the masses
There’s no sense of fairness
They got ethnic cleansing
It’s an incomplete injustice for all

You grow up, life changes you and that’s okay
But I learned some things in my youth that didn’t go away
I heard “The future belongs to those who see
The answers lie collectively”
It wasn’t crazy then, it’s not crazy today
Let’s give it a shot, what do you say?
You could find this to be true
It might bring out the teenage communist in you

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from Solid Gold Hits!, released June 2, 2023
The line “The future belongs to those who see / The answers lie collectively” is taken from More Government Now by SS-20.

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Karl Meyer Chicago, Illinois

Originally from Cincinnati, now from Chicago, veteran punk artist Karl Meyer continues to write and record songs that slice straight through the flesh of society and into the heart of human existence.

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