Oppositional Defiant Disorder - David Rovics

Alex is a member of my record label

Teenager though he is He joined the Ever Reviled Records collective

And the indy music biz

Well his parents didn’t like such turns of events

So they sent off a couple of thugs

To bring him back to Utah, lock him up And pump him full of drugs

They say he’s got problems with authority

Yes this is what they claim

And their psychiatric analysis

Has even got a name

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

I think I got it, too

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

He’s sick and so are you

If you think George Bush is a moron

And Tony Blair’s a liar

If you fantasize about setting

Your local Wal-Mart on fire

If you don’t like Tom Brokaw

And you think he’s full of it And you feel that a Rush Limbaugh punching bag

Might be kinda fun to hit

If bombing other countries

Makes you feel appalled

You have got a problem

And this is what it’s called

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If you think school is boring

And your teacher is a fool

If you don’t like your congressman

And you called him a corporate tool

If you were not standing

To sing save the Queen

If you turned down hamburgers

And ate rice and beans

We’ve got a diagnosis

No matter whether you agree

Just do what the doctors tell you

And thank God for psychiatry

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