LYRICS


PEGGY THE PIGGY
(written 2024/recorded 2024)
contains the chorale 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" (BWV 721)
by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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peggy the piggy robs the piggy bank
she prefers to spend
if she'd not enjoy her life what would life
be worth anyway?

peggy the piggy's highly influenced
there is no free will
whatever she's told to buy she will buy
who's got a free will?

super fast, ultra fast, hyper fast, yeah
waste of tomorrow
peggy dreams of fashion 3d printers
24/7

peggy the piggy can only be stopped
by lack of money
in her compulsive buying disorder
she's corybantic

the more money our peggy spends
the more economy feels fine
all the rubbish our peggy buys
makes the eyes of the analysts shine

everyone wants it
everyone does it
even if you stop it
nobody else will stop
we don't act upon needs
we act upon desires
we're ever so
effervescent

peggy's so happy that her brain got hacked
she don't have to think
she's high on buying, she's high on trying
and the likes of her

oh piggy, how can you be so happy
so many suffer
it seems you don't care for anybody
but your own body

she says lord, have mercy upon me
she says lord, have mercy upon me

but there's no lord around

peggy the piggy robs the piggy bank
she prefers to spend
does she know prosperity and wealth are
synonyms for waste

peggy the piggy will some day die from
tedium and glut
synonyms for biting the hand that feeds us
the world that feeds us

every time we hear
our economy is growing
we jubilate

every time we hear
more cars and fashion are produced
we jubilate

every time we hear
co2 targets have been missed
we are puffed up

every time we hear
about toxic waste everywhere
we are puffed up
we are oh so puffed up

the more money our peggy spends
the more economy feels fine
all the rubbish our peggy buys
makes the eyes of the analysts shine

everyone wants it
everyone does it
even if you stop it
nobody else will stop
we don't act upon needs
we act upon desires
we're ever so
effervescent

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