The Brand New Deal - Madeleine Peyroux

Yes, it’s fun when you’re young beneath an innocent sun

And the unicorns play in the fields

And your Daddy drives slow with his Cadillac soul

His big strong hands on the wheel

And life is a dream of serene machines that all seem to care how you feel

But then you grow up and it’s never enough

And money’s just something to steal

It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth

Feel the poor under your heel

It’s a brand new deal

Then you learn it in school between the lies and the rules

The fairy tales and the charades

They must think you’re a fool you know none of it’s true

It’s all a rigged game we play

And the banks are thieves with infinite greed and power is the coin you pay

Then countries are done it’s just money and guns

And cocaine and hookers for days

It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth

Feel the poor under your heel

In the brand new deal

You know the law’s on sale when you’re too big to fail

And every congressman comes with a price

And the streets are a jail for the weak and the frail — a predator’s paradise

Yes we all know how the cold wind blows and cuts like the blade of a knife

It’s a zero sum game you gotta learn how to play

Learn how to load the dice

It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth

Feel the poor under your heel

In the brand new deal

Yes it’s

Commodification

Consumerization

Deregulation

Privatization

Objectification

Sexualization

Rationalization

Overcompensation

Disinformation

Discrimination

Under-education

De facto segregation

Homogenization

Criminalization

Desensitization

Mass incarceration