Everybody's right wing these days

It used to be Socialism
how can I help you ?
It used to be let's work it out together
everyone's a someone
now it's fashionable to be
a reactionary
everybody's right wing these days

It used to be co-operation
peace and flowers love and goodwill (oh yeh ?)
there were barricades in the streets
we were changing things for real
now it's fashionable to be
a victim of apathy
everybody's right wing these days
socialism too many isms
it's no match for television
Socialism too many schisms 
it's no match for conservatism

it used to be interaction
dialectics of liberation
everyone was in the groove 
life was a celebration
now it's fashionable to be
in love with money
everybody's right wing these days

Kuala Lumpur

I dodged a rickshaw
gave money to the poor
in Kuala Lumpur
I put three bullets 
in an ambassador
in Kuala Lumpur
I threw an orchid to the floor
in Kuala Lumpur
you never get trapped by a bore
in Kuala Lumpur
It's a city of rubber and rice
and anything at the right price
it's a city of hang and be damned
but are you sure you've got the right man ?

I bought a girl
pretended to be an earl in Kuala Lumpur
I crashed a gate
insulted the state in Kuala Lumpur
I questioned the role of the media
in Kuala Lumpur
felt the freedom of insanity
in Kuala Lumpur
It's a city of rubber and rice
and anything at the right price
it's a city of hang and be damned
but are you sure you've got the right man ?

Indonilo

I pulled the plastic bag over my head
and jumped into bed
the jingle jangle of the screws on my toes
made my hand go dead
the pills and pains and p's must co-exist
the sky must be red 
and these damaging nuclear rays
are a sign of times ahead
just like Indonilo
the drug that know when you are up
the drug that knows when you are down

My fingers laughed as everything dissolved
into a cornflake mush
another panic in a parliament 
how the mighty rush
to find a mistress and a parking space
to divert their lust
the powders that be are paid to make up
they never blush
just like Indonilo
the drug that know when you are up
the drug that knows when you are down

Hotline to a Hothead

Napoleon had an empire
Nero set Rome on fire
I ain't done nothing that dramatic but there's still time yet
don't you ever forget
that when all the chaos
seems to bring you down
you're just another hothead running about town

Bunuel made loads of films
Marilyn Monroe popped lots of pills
they were all letting their hair down while I was her alone
still at least I was stoned
so when all the chaos
seems to bring you down
remember that you're 
just another hashead running about town

James Joyce had no choice
he had a certain joie de vivre
he hung out in a lot of foreign cafes
but he said live man 
LIVE !
Politicians dictate our lives 
they just want to monopolize
still there's some of us out here who can think for ourselves
even in a consumer society
so when all the chaos
seems to bring you down
remember that you're
just another hophead hopping about town