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to bunkers, caves, islands, Mars and downloads the rich yearn to escape

by puppeteer

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the title says it all.

song written after reading the book: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff (2022)

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to bunkers, caves, islands, Mars and downloads the rich yearn to escape

by puppeteer ©2023

you can't take more than what life gives
you passed the point that it forgives
you've made more money than you need
living beings are there to bleed

go to Mars but don't believe
we'll have you back after you leave
download your mind in a machine
then watch us as we wipe you clean

to bunkers, caves and islands you will fly
from the planet that you've trashed for wealth for years
but we can tire of bringing you supplies
and we can tire of pacifying your fears

you billionaires are dumber than the dumb
pseudo-techno-fixes for each lapse you've made
our biggest lapse was living off the crumbs
while we made you kings as the oceans and rivers bled

your lives are oh so empty
you are masters of illusion
promising plenty
while hiding in seclusion

you've gotten us consuming
with eyes stuck on our screens
so we don't see the algae blooming
or the birds and fish wiped clean

you live in fantasies
too costly to allow
a list of casualties
the fuel for your cash cows

you panic for your skin
and whether you'll survive
the dizzy fall we're in
there's no coming out alive

beautiful is science
you've turned its warmth to cold
this calculating appliance
is all about control

horse after the cart
ideas that are man-made
how to keep apart
the needs for truth and trade

this is a story of the rich
where money gives them power
to bedazzle and bewitch
you can't resist with your willpower

we live in mental worlds
empty things feel good
yet kill real fish and birds
freeze the growth of wood

awake you talking beings
choking on your crap
it's looking quite obscene
it's got you in a trap

no bunkers or caves
they're clunkers for a grave
no downloads to a chip
no ego-sized ship

you'll die of politics
greed of economies
ideologues are sick
we want communities

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released June 25, 2023
puppeteer played the voice, guitars and piano
the great Sandy Beales (England) played bass (sandybeales.com)
the great Mayowa Ifah (Nigeria) played the drums

song copyright with US Copyright Office, music performing and broadcasting rights managed by BMI, published digitally globally by CD Baby.(www.maeyomusic.com)

the painting is "Earth 3" by Leda Luss Luyken (2008). thank you so much for my use of your beautiful image!

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puppeteer Chicago, Illinois

who is puppeteer? i grew up of American parents in Paris and London. i became a psychologist by career, remaining a music obsessive, writing songs when i could on bits of paper. raising a family prevented creative outlet of that nature. now, as a divorced skeleton, i spend time when i can writing and recording for this collection of songs, entitled Songs of Love and Earth. ... more

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