I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick - Jeffrey Lewis

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Well I got it all up here, see

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Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

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Let me tell you, I got it up here see

They tried to get me with the TV show

But I wouldn’t have none of it, no, no, no

Standards and values on the living room screen

Sarah Jessie Parker acting mean

She’s got it all, that’s what they want you to think

But if you read between the lines, you’ll see the missing link

She’s just a puppet in their indoctrination plan

«Be like me girls and become a real man,»

Live to the full, always act flash

Don’t use your brain when your body makes a splash

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see

They tried to get me in the supermarket store

Bought what I wanted, and they said «buy more.»

Gallons of crap that nobody really needs

Bright coloured wrappers to suit assorted greeds

They know it all, that’s what they want you to think

But if you read between the lines, you’ll see the missing link

Buy this product, pay for the crap

One quarter for the product, three quarters for the wrap

Be a happy family, like the people on the pack

Pay up to the profit, and you’ll never look back

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see

They tried to get me with their learning and their books

Their deep understanding and intelligent looks

All of the time, they never ever saw me

They were just looking for what they wanted to see

They know it all, that’s what they want you to think

But if you read between the lines, you’ll see the missing link

Books are easy back ups for what they do to you

They’ll bind you up as slaves for the privileged few

Proof lies in history, say «that's how it always was

Slavery and mastery — be one of us."

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see

Tried to get me with religion and their Christ

Said I’d get to heaven if I acted real nice

But they were just preparing a crucifix for me

A life of guilt and pain, of holy misery

They know it all, that’s what they want you to think

But if you read between the lines, you’ll see the missing link

The bible’s just a blueprint for their morality scam

Another load of shit about how it’s never been

They stand there in the pulpit, doling out their lies

Offering forgiveness, then they talk of eyes for eyes

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see

They tried to get me, but I won’t be got

They say I’m a misfit but I say I’m not

I never set out to exploit another

Those smarmy bastards would steal from their mother

They got it all, that’s what they want you to think

But if you read between the lines, you’ll see the missing link

They plundered and slaughtered in the name of truth

Acceptance of normality is what they want from you as proof

They think they got the answers, but there’s something that they missed

Their cup which overfloweth, is just filled up with piss

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well I got it all up here, see

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Well they think they got it all out there, see

Well they can fuck off, cos they ain’t got me, and they can’t buy my dignity

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Let me tell you, I got it up here see