Emergency Funding for the Arts - Dick Valentine

Live your whole life with the blinders on

Keep suckin' on the same dog you’re suckin' on

Get back on the road and keep truckin' on

'Till the wheels fall off

And it hurts and it hurts

And it bleeds and it squirts

And you’ve tried everything

But it only gets worse

And that’s how it starts

Emergency funding

For the arts

See the crazy man with the shiny glove

Pointing his glove to the skies above

Saying «all you need is love

«Love is all you need»

And you listen to the music

But the music ain’t gonna listen to you

But it’s something to do

And it’s something you need

Come on Mister

Play me some of that good old-fashioned

Artificial music (artificial music)

Artificial music (artificial music)

Come on!

And you

With the crazy eyes I

Turned my gaze into

Time flew

And made you what you are

An underfunded star

(That's how it starts)

Emergency funding (that's how it starts)

For the arts

Emergency funding (that's how it starts)

For the arts

Emergency funding

Emergency funding

Emergency funding