Dead Kennedys - Government Flu

A prescient tune from another time

Why are you such a stupid asshole?
Would you really like to know?
Well, pay your fee, remove your clothes
And Yvette will show you how
You went to school where you were taught
To fear and to obey, be cheerful, fit in
Or someone might think you're weird
Life can be perfect
People can be trusted
Someday I will fall in love
A nice quiet home of my very own
Free from all the pain
Happy and having fun all the time
It never happened, did it?

[Verse 1]
We got a drug, we're gonna try it out on you
Won't make you die, it'll getcha just a little bit sick

[Chorus]
Got a head cold, got a chest cold
And it's three days old, goin' on forever
Make you hazy, make you lazy, drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days and days and years

[Verse 2]
Barely got the time now to stay on the job
Double up the dosage in your water supply
Make you even sicker 'til you're slippin' away
Getting all depressed, it's getting all your friends
You can't get it up for nothing that'll rock the boat

[Refrain]
The government flu
The government flu
The government flu

[Verse 3]
Slip it abroad, keep slowin' down the USSR
But meanwhile, we'll keep an eye on what it's doin' to you

[Chorus 2]
Got a head cold, got a chest cold
And it's three days old, goin' on forever
Make you hazy, make you lazy, drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days and years

[Refrain]
The government flu
The government flu
The government flu, through you

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