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Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

From Bridges Not Walls - EP2017

Written by Billy Bragg

Produced by Grant Showbiz

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Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it Though that's impossible to do But too many have invested in this outcome They simply can't afford for it not to come true We ceded too much power to the market Let it decide what's right or wrong Now everyone seems willing to lent credence And truth is so devalued, it's going for a song Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the markets to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts People have had enough of experts And their inconvenient facts Here's what the media really won't tell ya Exactly who it is that's taking control back All opinions are equal In the free market of ideas And truth is nothing more than an opinion That's the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the market to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts There isn't really any room for dreamers If you have principles that's nice The market isn't interested in values Except for those it can define its price All bow to the power of the market Till it throws up a different face If you're not white or male or compliant The system is designed to keep you in your place Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the market to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts

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"Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted" is a song by Billy Bragg from the album Bridges Not Walls - EP, released in 2017. The song was written by Billy Bragg. It was produced by Grant Showbiz.

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