Reader's Digest by Larry Norman

The Anthology by Larry Norman

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Reader's Digest
by Larry Norman

Album: The Anthology

Alice is a drag queen, Bowie's somewhere in between,
Other bands are looking mean, me, I'm trying to stay clean,
I don't dig the radio, I hate what the charts pick,
Rock and roll may not be dead, but it's getting sick,
All over the world disc jockeys sound the same,
And every town I play is like the one from where I came.

The Rolling Stones are millionaires, flower children pallbearers,
The Beatles said all you need is love, and then they broke up,
Jimi took an overdose, Janice followed so close,
The whole music scene and all the bands are pretty comatose,
This time last year people didn't want to hear,
They looked at Jesus from afar, this year he's a superstar.
Dear John, who's more popular now?
I've been listening to Paul's records, I think he really is dead!

It's 1973, I wonder who we're gonna see,
Who's in power now, think I'll turn on the TV,
The man on the news says China's gonna beat us,
We shot all our dreamer and there's no one left to lead us,
We need a solution, we need salvation,
Let's send some people to the moon and gather information.

They brought back a big back of rock,
only cost 13 billion, must be nice rocks?

You think it's such a sad thing, when you see a fallen king,
Then you find out they're only princes to begin with,
And everybody has to choose, whether they'll win or lose,
Follow God or sing the blues, who they're going to sin with,
What a mess this world is in, I wonder who began it,
Don't ask me, I'm only visiting this planet.