Reader's Digest - Larry Norman

Alice is a drag queen, Bowie’s somewhere in between

Other bands are looking mean, me, I’m trying to stay clean

I don’t dig the radio, I hate what the charts pick

Rock and roll may not be dead, but it’s getting sick

All over the world disc jockeys sound the same

And every town I play is like the one from where I came

The Rolling Stones are millionaires, flower children pallbearers

Beatles said All you need is love, and then they broke up

Jimi took an overdose, Janis followed so close

The whole music scene and all the bands are pretty comatose

This time last year, people didn’t wanna hear

They looked at Jesus from afar, this year he’s a superstar

Dear John, who’s more popular now?

I’ve been listening to some of Paul’s records

Sometimes I think he really is dead

It’s 1973, I wonder who we’re gonna see

Who’s in power now?

Think I’ll turn on my TV

The man on the news said China’s gonna beat us

We shot all our dreamers, there’s no one left to lead us

We need a solution, we need salvation

Let’s send some people to the moon and gather information

They brought back a big bag of rocks

Only cost thirteen billion.

Must be nice rocks

You think it’s such a sad thing when you see a fallen king

Then you find out they’re only princes to begin with

And everybody has to choose whether they will win or lose

Follow God or sing the blues, and who they’re gonna sin with

What a mess the world is in, I wonder who began it

Don’t ask me, I’m only visiting this planet