Where did all the good people go?

Well, you win:
It’s your show now,
So what’s it gonna be?

Cause people
Will tune in;
How many train wrecks
Do we need to see?

Before
We lose touch, oh
And we thought this was low…

Well, it’s bad,
Getting worse, oh
Where’d all the good people go?

I’ve been changing channels,
I don’t see them
On the T.V. shows

Where’d all the good people go?
We’ve got heaps and heaps
Of what we sow

They got this,
And that,
With a rattle-a-tat

Testing –
1, 2
Man, whatcha gonna do?

Bad news,
Misused –
Got too much to lose

Gimmie some truth now
Who’s side are we on?

Whatever you say –
Turn on the boob tube,
I’m in the mood to obey

So lead me astray
And by the way, now –
Where’d all the good people go?

I’ve been changing channels
I don’t see them
On the T.V. shows

Where’d all the good people go?
We’ve got heaps and heaps
Of what we sow

Sittin ’round,
Feelin far away,

yeah

So far away,
But I can feel the debris

Can ya feel it?

You interrupt me
From a friendly
Conversation

To tell me how great
It’s all gonna be

You might
Notice
Some hesitation

‘Cause

What’s important to you
Is not important to me

Mm mm mm mm…

Way down
By the edge
Of your whole reason

Well, it’s beginning to show
And all I really wanna know is
Where’d all the good people go?

I’ve been changing channels
I don’t see them
On the T.V. show

Where’d all the good people go?
We got heaps and heaps
Of what we sow

(Where’d all the good people go?)
They got this,
And that,
With a rattle-a-tat

Testing –
1, 2
Man whatcha gonna do

Bad news
Misused
Gimmie some truth

You got too much to lose
(Where’d all the good people go?)
Who’s side are we on?

Every day
Every way
Okay –
Whatever you say

Run the resolute,
But in the mood
To obey

Station to station
Desensitizing
The nation

(Where’d all the good people go?)

Goin, goin, gone…

Jack Johnson

Many people seem to be excited about the new millennium, but the new millennium in itself will be nothing special. As we enter into the new millennium things will be the same; there will be nothing unusual. However, if we really want the next millennium to be happier, more peaceful and more harmonious for humankind we will have to make the effort to make it so.

The Dali Lama’s Millineum Message, I urge you to go read the whole thing

Is there anything more deplorable than the ruthless murder of peaceful monks whose only transgression is to stand up for that which is right, good and true?  Yet not only do we not have the moral standing to criticize the monstrous government of Burma, we have a monstrous government of our own to contend with, and what we’re seeing in Burma is a preview of coming attractions.  Just ask Blackwater USA and Halliburton.

Oh the Milky Way has gone a little sour
The leaves dried and the flower fell away
I’ve been sitting, I’ve been waiting for a sign
Inhuman beings taking up all of my time

Want to leave but I’ve got to stay
And I’m wondering more everyday
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I’m on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?

I haven’t met a friend in a long long while
They don’t shake my head but they check my style
The modern world is a cold cold world
And all I meet are cold cold girls

Wanna leave but I got to stay
And I’m wondering more every day
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I’m on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?

And it’s always the same
We all just turn away
We are stealing from ourselves
We are feeding off ourselves
But we were born in the flames
We need a cool breeze and a summer rain
We are stealing from ourselves
We are feeding off ourselves

Oh the Milky Way has gone a little sour
The leaves dried and the flower fell away

Want to leave but I’ve got to stay
And I’m wondering more everyday
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I’m on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?

Want to leave but I’ve got to stay
And I’m wondering more everyday
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I’m on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Time’s up and we’re running long
Where have all the good people gone?

Sam Roberts