The Ballad of the Little Man

"He was doing fine in '39
Thank God he did not win
He kept playing on his fiddle
As he watched old Rome cave in
He sold love away from his children's hearts
And told them it was sin
Now we're all at the mercy, we're all at the mercy
Of that little man within

Now he's sitting in the gardens
As the acid rain comes in
He got it covered full of rhino heads
And boots of leopard skin
He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within

So if you're feeling lonely, baby
If you're feeling blue
If you listen to your little friend
You know he'll tell you what to do
But if you hear his words and you get confused
Start believing they're all true
Then you have just been fooled again
Who said we won't get fooled again?
By the little man within"

- #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATGSSXJEvzs

#Fascism #RabidRight #Nationalism #Environmental #ClimateChange #80sMusic #Activism #Antifa

My theme song (since 1987):

"If you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own
You don't have to do all those burning books
Revolutionize at home

Someone's been hiding the pieces
Someone been burning down the trees
So we need your revolution, baby
There's a planet to set free

We are the revolution, baby
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
Come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be

Man's been killing the tigers
Turn the green fields into sand
And their saying how much they respect our work
Oh, god and his final hand

But the world spins on regardless
Which is lucky for you and me
'Cause of all the places in the years right from here
This is the only place to be

We are the revolution
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution, baby
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
Come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be

Don't need a red light
Don't need a blue light
Don't need a yellow light

Take off from the green light now
Take off from the green light now
Take off from the green light now

We got a revolution, baby
Come to take you home
If you say you want a revolution
There is nothing like your own

We are the revolution, baby
We've come to set you free
After you revolution, baby
There is nothing you can't be"

#WorldParty #PrivateRevolution #KarlWallinger #SaveTheEarth #EnvironmentalJustice #Revolution #TheTimeIsNow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYcJQej5Uw

🎸🎶🎹 World Party - Egyptology reissue! I can't believe this album is 25 years old now! HIGHLY recommended.

https://tinnitist.com/2022/11/28/area-residents-album-of-the-week-world-party-egyptology-vinyl-reissue/

#Music #BritPop #Nineties #KarlWallinger #WorldParty #Waterboys