BrIz ART AND MUSIC

Lyrics

HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE
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I WAS BORN IN THE REIGN OF THE KING
WELL I LEARNED HOW TO DANCE AND I LEARNED HOW TO SING
TIMES WERE SO MUCH SIMPLER THEN
BUT YOU CAN'T GO BACK AGAIN
I RECALL THE KITCHEN DEBATES
KRUSCHEV THREW UP IN HIS PLATE
COULD'NT TRUST OUR HEADS OF STATE
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

THE KENNEDYS WE COULD REALLY DIG
'CEPT FOR VIETNAM AND THE BAY OF PIGS
BOUGHT SOME BOOTS AND GREW MY HAIR
SANG "I SAW HER STANDING THERE" OOOH
JACK AND MARTIN MALCOLM X
THEY BLEW AWAY BROTHER BOBBY NEXT
NEVER REALLY KNOW FOR SURE I SUSPECT
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

THE SEVENTIES LEFT US ALL IN A HAZE
WE HAD TRICKY DICK AND THE DISCO CRAZE
MET MY WIFE AND SANG A TUNE
'BOUT THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
SO MUCH LOVE AND SO MUCH LUST
MR YOUNG WILL NEVER RUST
WATERGATE WAS SUCH A BUST
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

FINALLY REALIZED MY WORST FEARS
AS WE STRUGGLED THROUGH THE REAGEN YEARS
IRAN CONTRA MYSTERY
TO THE SOUNDS OF MTV
OLLIE GOT HIS PIECE OF PIE
THE OLD MAN HAD AN ALIBI
AND OL GEORGE KNEW HOW TO LIE
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

NEXT CAME THE DECADE OF GENERATION X
THEY HAD TO CLEAN THE PLANET THAT WE HAD LEFT
WEST COAST GRUNGE AND LOADED GUNS
THEY WE'RE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN
AIDS WON'T TOUCH ARISTOCRATS
SOME SAY JUST THE DEMOCRATS
RELIGIOUS RIGHT KEPT ALL THE STATS
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

MONICA IS GETTING PRESS
CLINTON SHOULD HAVE WASHED THE DRESS
VIOLENCE OUT AT WOODSTOCK THREE
THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
HARD HOP IS WHAT'S BEING SOLD
MAYBE I'M JUST GETTING OLD
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S ROCK AND ROLL
HOW’D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

A NEW MILLINIUM HAS ARRIVED
BOY BANDS SINGING BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE
FRAGILE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WILL THE HATRED EVER CEASE
TOWERS FALL DOWN TO THE GROUND
WER’E BLOWING UP AFGANNY TOWNS
TERRORISTS GO UNDERGROUND
HOW’D WE EVER GET OUT ALIVE

MISSION ACOMPLISHED IS GETTING OLD
A BILL OF GOODS THAT WE WERE SOLD
INDIE MUSIC IS ALL THE RAGE
STILL LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING
AND ME I’M STILL BLOWING IN THE WIND
MAYBE IT’S TIME THAT YOU OR I RUN
HOW MANY MORE DAUGHTERS HOW MANY MORE SONS
HOPE THEY ALL CAN GET OUT ALIVE

ADDITIONAL VERSE (LIVE SHOWS)

MY SONS WILL NOW PAY THE PRICE
THEY MUST MAKE THE SACRIFICE
WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR THEM
THEY WON'T MAKE MISTAKES AGAIN
WE'VE LEFT THIS WORLD IN QUITE A STATE
FILLED WITH MALICE AND WITH HATE
HOPE TO GOD IT'S NOT TOO LATE
HOPE WE ALL CAN GET OUT ALIVE

HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT
HOW'D WE EVER GET OUT
ALIVE