24 Hours of Lies (Unplugged)

24 Hours of Lies
24 hours of lies, if it bleeds it leads
You can believe them or your lying eyes
24 hours of lies, they all agree, from the CIA to the LA Times
Propaganda pays just like Bernays said it would back in 1928
Long as you have no clue it's being used on you
Or that they're lying whenever their lips move
24 hours of lies, at the New York Times
All the fables that are fit to print
24 hours of lies, win the Pulitzer prize
The fix is in the narrative they spin
Propaganda plays, what's that they say
Is that the sound of rain on my shoes
Brought to you by pharmaceutical supplies
Whoever pays the piper calls the tune
You don't have to look too far to find 'em
The false prophets of fear
Their echo chamber runs 24-7
Things ain't as they appear
There's a tempest in every teapot
Hysteria's always near
Hell is empty, all the devils are here
All the devils are here
24 hours of lies, USA Today
CNN, Fox News, headlines contrived
24 hours of lies, advertisers pay
They buy the darkness where democracy dies
Mockingbird still plays all day, every day
Whatever leaks it takes to fabricate the news
Long as you have no clue that they're using you
To repeat the lie enough that it comes true
©George S. Kelly 2023, Ace Sleeve Music, BMI
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George Stephen Kelly: Vocals, Guitars, Slide Guitar
Justin Carrier: Background Vocals
Georgie Smith: Hammond Organ
Jimmy George: Keyboards, Percussion
John Barron: Bass
Todd Glass: Drums
Motor City Josh: Engineer, The Sound Shop Studio, Macomb, MI
Jimmy George: Engineer, The Roost Studio, Manchaca, TX
Produced by George Stephen Kelly, Motor City Josh and Jimmy George
Mastered by Jimmy George at The Roost Studio, Manchaca, TX
© 2023 George S. Kelly, Ace Sleeve Music BMI