FOOLS TALK
(Tonio K./George Conner)

fools talk
they go on and on and on
fools talk
they go blah blah blah

babylon is babbling
babylon is staggering
from sunset boulevard to park avenue
to paris to peking to the pentagon
from the dawn of history on into the future

*fools talk...

listen: clanging cymbals/noisy gongs
primitive rhythms/protest songs
opinionated idiots in charge of everything
vocabulary seems to be the opiate of the people

*fools talk...

i've been quiet
i've been tryin' to listen
i've been listening good
but so what so what
so what if i found out?
how could i say it wordlessly?
why am i asking you?

*fools talk...

habladuria es barato
geschwätz ist billig
kchosal schod arjon eh
parle c'est bon marché

POLITICIAN
(Peter Brown/Jack Bruce)

hey now, baby
get into my big black car
hey now, baby
get into my big black car
i just want to show you
what my politics are

i'm a political man
and i practice what i preach
i'm a political man
and i practice what i preach
someone don't like what i say
i buy myself another speech

i support the left
but i'm leaning to the right
i support the left
but i'm leaning to the right
i'll support anything on the face of the earth
to wind up on the winning side

darlin', it's a hard life if you're lucky
ah, but it's a short life if you're not
the sheriff and the terrorist are both hungry
you spend all your time tryin' not to get caught (in the crossfire)
it ain't no joke
and it ain't no lie
gangsters tell you what to think
what are you, the missing link?
wise up, welcome to the new dark ages

gangsters hangin' round of every description
gangsters write your books and sing your songs
gangsters grin out of the television
gangsters on the couch and on the lawn
gangsters of love
gangsters in the government
they have told us what to think
what am i, the missing link?
wise up, welcome to the new dark ages

you can face it now, or face it later
you will have to face it either way
you should hate them with a perfect hatred
take that long night's journey into day
it isn't up to me
it isn't up to you (we don't make the rules)
false is false and true is true
only one thing we can do
shine the light into the new dark ages

©1981 Worthless Music/Dozen Songs (ASCAP/BMI)

LA BOMBA
(Tonio K.)

(sung--more or less--in spanish)

for the gringos: la bomba
for the russians: la bomba (the solution)
both countries are crazy, stupid or both
i don't know...and why not?

i'm not a coward
i'm not a woman
i ain't no termite
no idiot, no homo, no burro
i'm the comico atómico

ay la bomba

for the chinese: la bomba
the french: la bomba (and the english)
the jews and the indians
everybody's crazy but me...

where's my bomb
i want a bomb of my own
a small bomb
a handsome bomb for me
for me...
ay la bomba

MARS NEEDS WOMEN
(Tonio K.)

well we argue all day
then we argue all night
we stand up sit down fight fight fight
i don't know about you
i'm just talkin' for me
but i don't see no future in this thing

i hear mars needs women
maybe you should apply
don't worry 'bout me baby
have a good time
i hear mars needs women
i don't know if it's true
but that's all right for you

you don't care about true
you don't care about false
you just want everyone to agree with you that's all
you can't live in the city
you can't live on the farm
you can't live nowhere on this planet with that kind of charm

i hear mars needs women...

yeah we argue all day
then we argue all night
we stand up sit down fight fight fight
so i'll take the attic (prov. 25:24)
or the wilderness (prov. 21:19)
you take the next flight out
they're waiting for you up there

i hear mars needs women...