Information Wars

            --Jackson Browne

Give us twenty minutes and we’ll give you the world.

We bring good things to life.

The news you need, from people you can count on,

Doing what we do best.

The heartbeat of America,

Your true voice.

You’re in good hands,

Now more than ever before.

            And in the flickering light, and the comforting glow

            You get the world every night as a TV show.

            The latest spin on the shit we’re in, blow by blow,

            And the more you watch, the less you know.

            Beyond the hundred million darkened living rooms,

            Out where the human ocean roars,

            Into the failing light the generations go,

            Heading for the information wars.

                        Do people really spend millions upon millions

                        To make us think we care about the planet,

                        At the same time polluting and looting the only world we’ve got,

                        So they can maximize their profit?

                        (People do.)

The heartbeat of America,

Your true voice.

For the life of your business,

It’s everywhere you want to be.

            And there’s a front-row seat for the precious few,

            The latest war as a pay-per-view.

            Famine and disaster right in front of you,

            And the more you watch, the less you do.

            Beyond the hundred million darkened living rooms,

            Out where the human ocean roars,

            Into the failing light the generations go,

            Heading for the information wars.