Story Behind The Song
For too long I've remained silent while our young people are being hit right between the eyes with damaging words, ideas, and visions - all in the name of false profit.
Song Description
We worry about damage to our environment - and rightly so- but we seem oblivious to the mind pollution being heaped upon us daily. So, when "they" pass on the poison to you ... say, "Pass!"
| Song Length |
3:56 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Troubled |
Subject |
Celebration, Gratitude |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Tom Petty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
PASS ON THE POISON
I turn on my TV,
And it turns back on me;
Drugs, sex, and violence
Are the things that I see.
Yeah, I gotta kill you
So that you don’t kill me.
Don’t call it homicide;
It’s reality TV.
They poison the water,
And they poison the air.
Pretty soon, they’ll poison
People everywhere.
They poisoned Mother Earth,
And they poisoned Father Sky.
How much poison can they spread
Before even they must die?
Turn on the radio,
And it turns back on you;
For every two jokes read,
At least one will be blue.
Shock jocks with their shock talk
Have a dirty job to do.
Deaden our minds and ears;
Make the obscene seem new.
They poison the water,
And they poison the air.
Pretty soon, they’ll poison
People everywhere.
They poisoned Mother Earth,
And they poisoned Father Sky.
How much poison can they spread
Before even they must die?
Now there’s the World Wide Web
Spinning off uncontrolled.
Everything from child porn
To decency is sold.
Food fights in cyberspace;
Megabytes of fool’s gold
Are rammed right down your throat –
Your conscience is on hold.
They poison the water,
And they poison the air.
Pretty soon, they’ll poison
People everywhere.
They poisoned Mother Earth,
And they poisoned Father Sky.
How much poison can they spread
Before even they must die?
Copyright © 2003 Lex Zaleta