Tuli Kupferberg
BECAUSE THE STATE
tune: Chorus of “Because the Night (Belongs to Lovers)”
by Patti Smith & Bruce Springsteen
BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO FUCKERS
BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO THEM
ALPHA PRIMATE OTHERFUCKERS
WASPS IN THE EDENIC GLEN
& BECAUSE THE STATE WAS MADE BY FUCKERS
BECAUSE THE STATE WAS MADE FOR THEM
PLEASURE-HATING MOTHERFUCKERS
LOVER-BAITING SONS A GUNS.
AND THE STATE HOLDS MONOPOLY OF FORCE
“COP KILLERS” ALSO MEANS “COPS WHO KILL”
& THO THE IDEA IS SOMEWHAT COARSE
WILHELM REICH MIGHT HOLD: “THAT’S A SEXUAL THRILL.”
& BECAUSE OUR STATE SEDUCTS US EARLY
FROM 3 YEARS ON TO POSTGRAD DOCS:
BECAUSE THE STATE EDICTS US EARLY
DRIPDRIES OUR BRAINS, HANGS ‘EM OUT LIKE SOX.
& THEN BECAUSE THE STATE THRIVES WITH ARMIES
PROTECTS ITS PROPERTIES THRU BLACKS & BLUES
SOLDIER BOYS ARE NEVER CALLED MURDERERS
BUT WHAT THE HELL IS WHAT THEY DO?
& SOON NO DOUBT WHEN WE’RE ALONE
THE GOVT’LL TAPE YOUR CUNT & MY BONE
THE STATE IS A DEVIL DISGUISED AS GOD
THAT THROWS ITS LAWS LIKE A FRIGHTENING ROD.
& THIS “EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RULING CLASS”
SHOVES ITS MEDIA UP OUR ASS
WILL THE EVIL OF TWO LESSERS SET YOU FREE?
NOW THE QUESTION’S: “TO BE INTERNET OR BE TV?”
BUT BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO FUHRERS
BECAUSE THE STATE KILLS US FOR FUN
BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO FURORS
BECAUSE THE STATE THINKS ONLY WITH THE GUN.
& BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO FUCKERS
BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO THEM
GOTTA UNDER THROW THEM MOTHERFUCKERS
TO RETURN US TO OUR EDENIC GLEN.
O BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO FUCKERS
BECAUSE THE STATE BELONGS TO THEM
OH WE’LL HAVE TO CHANGE THEM ALL TO LOVERS
& WE’LL HAVE TO TRY & START AGAIN
YEAH WE’LL HAVE TO CHANGE US ALL TO LOVERS
OH WE’LL HAVE TO TRY TO BEGIN AGAIN…
OY!