Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury

[Paragon]

Life these days can be so complex
we don't make the time to stop and reflect
I know from first hand experience
one can go delerious
seriously it can be like that
But before I put my foot in my mouth
'cause that's what I'm about
to start talkin about
please let me confess before all the rest
that I'm afflicted
by this addicted
like most in the US
It's tough to make a living when you're an artist
It's even tougher when you're socially conscious
Careerism, opportunism
can turn the politics into cartoonism
Let's not patronize or criticize
Let's open the door and look inside
Pull the file on the state of denial

Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury
Raise the double standard

The bass, the treble
Don't make a rebel
Havin' your life together does
America has an image of a young one
fast livin' not givin' an expletive
no respect for his
or the lives of those around him
Suicidal, homicidal
or at very least extremely unbridled
How convenient for those who would like to destroy him
The problem has never been our political logic
but the way we enact it
We can imagine a perfect society
but can't maintain a decent relationship
The failure found in the luxury
not in the hardship

Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury
Raise the double standard

[fudge stripe cookays]

1. What timing!

We were just listening to this CD last night.

Good stuff.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Love Franti