The Comrades: "This Is Not Entertainment"

Written by Jimmy Williams. Copyright 1997.

This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment

Not a self-referential pat on the back
But nevertheless an obvious fact
Won't be part of this insidious scheme
Lulling listeners into a deluding dream
Where creativity becomes formulamatic
Tired clichés keep inspiration static
Minds chained and anesthetized
Analysis rejected, enlightenment unrealized

This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment

Purveyors of empty false hope
Diffusing dissatisfaction with musical dope
Nebulous ambiguous angst abounds
Pointless irrelevancy resounds
Driving force another packaged product to sell
Co-opted and marketed well
False security blanket enveloping dissent
Illusory refuge from your torment

This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment

No good time rock and roll mentality
No humorous escapist fantasies
No wallowing in self-effacing misery
This is reality

This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment
This is not entertainment