This song is not about the silent power brokers that control our lives. It is about the compulsive desire for safety, comfort, and pleasure that makes a place for them in our world.
TAKING STOCK Let's take stock now of what they've done a list of humans neatly killed Let's do it just for fun Martin King, John Lennon John and Robert K Nixon too via Watergate Ole Carter must not stay Oklahoma Kiddies died 9 11 we all cried There is nothing they won't do These men behind what comes in view Thy hide their crimes while TV smiles and tell us lies to keep us blind Oh the evil of their wiles in mixing up our mind The magnates of the world unite to keep us all in line They do not bow to any flag Their plans are serpentine They weave their webs of thought control and we can't see they've bought our soul And anyway we do not care Oh, let the good times roll Words, music & audio recording © John Brusseau, 2/18/2026
