The Pirate Radio Show Lyrics & Chords By David Rovics

This is how it started,
it's not hard to understand.
From coast-to-coast they're lying
at a CEO's command.
From Nationalist Public Radio,
to C.N.N. and N.B.C.
Big Brother spewing misinformation
from the dis-information ministry.
They say the economy is booming,
we hear the homeless beggars cry.
They say we help poor countries,
we see bombs falling from the sky.
Reality doesn't exist,
they're trying to say,
but some of us decided
there is another way.
Seize the airways!
Seize the time!
'Cause lying to the people
is the real crime.
When it's all owned by corporations
and theirs is the only word,
we will seize the airwaves,
speak freely, and be heard.
Someone got a transmitter
started up a station,
then the idea spread
right across the nation.
Like the land and water,
the air must be free.
So let us shout together,
"FUCK THE F.C.C."
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And we'll do it all together,
in a grassroots-style,
tearing down the fences
through-out this whole square mile.
It's the new town meeting,
it's the way the news should be.
The rulers call it chaos,
we say it's democracy.
So when you turn on the radio
and you've had it with this shit,
from 88 to 107
makes you want to have a fit.
When you listen to the music
and it's all the same pop songs,
start up a pirate station
because that's where you belong.
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