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YOU NEED A VILLAIN
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
I. waving tongues,
waving books.
so this is how
ignorance looks.
so I am a devil.
well, I didn't know
for all of my life
until you told me so.
CHORUS A: you need a villain.
you need a foe.
it worked for Stalin,
now you ditto.
I am your nigger,
I am your Jew.
it worked for Hitler,
and it can work for you.
II. if it's not true blue,
then it must be red.
well, I think all your enemies
are in your head.
but if you can blame
everyone's troubles on me,
then they won't blame you
for their agony.
and they might even give you
a great big fee,
and not even mind
not being free.
CHORUS B: you need a villain.
you need a foe.
first Joe McCarthy,
now you ditto.
I am your nigger,
I am your Jew.
it worked for Hitler,
and it can work for you.
III. you're in the White House
with all your tapes,
poetic justice
for your mistakes.
you're in the bunker
with Eva Braun.
the world's against you.
your friends are gone.
CHORUS C: I am your villain.
I am your foe.
I knocked off Nixon,
now you ditto.
my name is freedom.
my name is truth.
I finished Hitler.
and here I come...
here I come...
for you.
© Copyright 1983 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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