The Great Deception

[Verse 1] Did you ever hear about the great deception? Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run Have you ever been down to Love City Where they rip you off with a smile and it don't take a gun? [Verse 2] Don't it hurt so bad in Love City? Don't it make you wanna not bother at all? And don't they look so self-righteous When they pin you up against the wall? [Chorus] Did you ever, ever see the people With the teardrops in their eyes? I just can't stand it, stand it no how Living in this world of lies [Verse 3] Did you ever hear about the rock 'n' roll singers? Got three or four Cadillacs He's saying, "Power to the people, dance to the music" Wants you to pat him on the back [Verse 4] Have you ever heard about the great Rembrandt? Have you ever heard about how he could paint? And he didn't have enough money for his brushes And they thought it was rather quaint [Bridge] But you know it's no use heed it And you know, no use to think about it 'Cause when you stop to think about it You don't need it [Verse 5] Have you ever heard about the great Hollywood motion picture actor? Knew more than they did And the newspapers didn't cover the story Just decided to keep it hid [Verse 6] Somebody started sayin' it was an inside job Whatever happened to him? Last time they saw him down on the Bowery With his lip hangin' off an old rusty bottle of gin [Verse 7] Have you ever heard about the so-called hippies Down on the far side of the track? They take the eyeballs straight out of your head And say "Son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back?" [Chorus] Did you ever see the people With the teardrops in, in their eyes? Just can't stand it no how Living in this world of lies [Verse 1] Did you ever hear about the great deception? Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run Have you ever been down to Love City Where they rob you with a smile instead of a gun? [Outro] Have you ever heard about the great deception?