the beat(en) generation

when you cast your eyes upon the skylines of this ...
once proud nation
can you sense the fear and the hatred
growing in the hearts of it's population?
and our youth, oh youth, are being seduced
by the greedy hands of politics and half truths
the beaten generation, the beaten generation
reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation
the beaten generation, the beaten generation
open your eyes, open your imagination
we're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
and hypnotised by the satellites
into believing what is good and what is right
you may be worshipping the temples of mammon
or lost in the prisons of religion
but can you still walk back to happiness
when you've nowhere left to run?
if they send in the special police
to deliver us from evil and keep us from peace
then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
when they tell us justice is being done
that freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun?
the beaten generation, the beaten generation
reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation
the beaten generation, the beaten generation
open your eyes, open your imagination

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[suspectdevice7]

I love the guitar in this song, but of course it's Johnny Marr. Johnny co wrote this song with Matt Johnstone, obviously Matt wrote the lyrics. I preffered Johnnys work with the Smiths and the Pretenders, Matts lyrics are a bit heavy for me.

[tinaturntable]

Matt Johnson has such a sexy voice!

[sarsacat9469]

Yes he certainly does. The song he did with Sinead O'Connor is really good too.