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Dictator (shut up and take it)

from Dr. Gwendolini's Amazing Medicine Show by DOUG the Eagle

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While I usually avoid touching on real-world politics, I was feeling a bit bitter about the state of the world and came up with this. Musically it's a weird fusion of punk and 1960s psych with the ubiquitous combo organ along with a pinch of The Stranglers.

While nearly everything I've recorded in the last 6 years has been done on a 24-track machine of some kind, this was done entirely on the 8-track TSR-8. Which made it easier to mix for the most part.

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Dictator

I sold the kingdom for a pair of magic beans
I gave our enemies the key to all their dreams
I watch the people and I laugh at all their screams

And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it

I sold you poverty and dressed it with a lie
I watched you cheer as I hung you out to dry
I’ll call you traitors if you dare to question why

And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it

I’ll leave the nation lying gutted on a slab
I’ll keep on taking ‘till there’s nothing left to grab
I’ll leave you broke and make your children pay the tab

And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it

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from Dr. Gwendolini's Amazing Medicine Show, released April 22, 2018

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