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It Was Your Idea

from The Common Land by Kevin Adams

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    Thirteen of my own songs: seven written for various Living Archive theatre and radio productions, three for the Maids Moreton's Millennium Pageant, and three strays which wandered in.
    Released in 2002.

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about

A song born of the hysteria following a high profile death in a Paris underpass, the inanity of reality TV and celebrity, the insidious power of the media on the collective mindset.

lyrics

It Was Your Idea
Words & music: Kevin Adams

We only want you for your story
Your fifteen minutes fame and glory
We can get you on TV
You'll command a healthy fee.
Waiting for the agent's call
Got the taste now want it all
Want to feature in Hello!
Set the nation's heart aglow.

Dish the dirt and make a killing
Someone else's blood you're spilling
Take the money run for cover
Nation laughs at your ex-lover
Pen is mightier than the sword
Just how much can they afford?
Cheque book open, lots of noughts
See you in the libel courts.

As for all the rest of you
Join the end of every queue
Have your money ready please
Get the t-shirt, get the book
Get the lifestyle get the look
Get the box set 12 CDs

Public figure, private face
Has no earthly hiding place
Tell you everything she said
Tell you what he's like in bed
Paparazzi oh so bold
Think the nation should be told
Buy the latest colour spread
See what someone looks like dead.

You’ll have everything you wish
When you buy this special dish
You won't leave the house for days
Channel hopping from a chair
On line shopping, see you there
Here the sheep may safely graze

Planet spins and sets a deadline
Every day must have its headline
Big block letters, simple fonts
This is what the public wants.
Tell you what to buy you bought it
Tell you what to think, you thought it,
Then we whispered in your ear
Told you it was your idea.

credits

from The Common Land, released June 23, 2002
Words & music: Kevin Adams

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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK

Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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