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Story Behind The Song

When you get in a Time Machine and think you are going to the past or future but find out it's all the same.

Song Description

Everything is relative except freedom which is absolute by definition.

Song Length 4:12 Genre Rock - Grunge, Rock - Punk
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Disturbed, Cool Subject Freedom, Justice
Similar Artists Climate Change, Sing Song Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Last night I jumped into my time machine
Took a look at myself on hash and mescaline
I thought I was cool but I was just kinda funny
Can't believe all the shit that I did for money

Banging on the guitar like I knew how to play it
Screaming out the lyrics like I knew what I was saying
Still there were times when I ended up amazed
By some beautiful girl who came backstage

Did she like the band that's what I asked
She said not really but I like your leather pants
And you know right there I couldn't be disappointed
'Cause she was so cute and also double-jointed

Too bad you don't like what I say
I'm offended you're offended leave it that way
If Rock & Roll don't shock you then what's the point
I love woke snowflakes with their noses out of joint

You can try to tell me what I can and cannot say
You can kiss my ass cause I just got it that way
So have some fun or find your safe zone
We're about to Rock & Roll and your cover's been blown

I'm American and I'll Always be free
None of your bullshit will ever scare me
No Democrat Socialist No Secret Police
Will ever cancel me I Will Be Released
The Times They Are A Changin it's a constant refrain
Don't need a time machine when the Song Remains The Same

"I had to go get my experimental dosage
If I refuse I'll be a housebound hostage
It's for my own good they told me at gunpoint
But I didn't get the shot and got arrested at the checkpoint"

I won't mess with Brandon or his fine name
I'll just come out and make it very plain
It's some kind of language but I won't be hide'n
In the end, it's just Fuck You, Joe Biden

The listener is strapped in, handcuffed and taken on a sonic roller coaster. And at the end, his terror turns to joy and he wants to hear it again, And again.

Lyrics Richard S Zoppo & Mark Riddick Music Richard S Zoppo & Mark Riddick
Producer Mark Riddick Publisher Ghost Of Jupiter Publishing Co
Performance Zap & The Wires Label Hurricane Valley Records

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