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You Don't Speak For Me

from Odds and Ends by The Late Joys

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Back when, while listening to the radio, our hero heard some politician claiming to speak for "the American People." Mr. P. shouted back at the radio (and the presumptuous pol): "You don't speak for me!!!" along with several choice expletives (here deleted), at which point the archangel Phil Ochs appeared upon Robi's left shoulder and put the idea in our hero's head: "Maybe this would make a good song, so go on and write it already!" And so it came to pass...

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You don't speak for me
I never ever asked you to
You claim some higher authority
But it's obvious you haven't got a clue
You look so smug with your grin half cocked
And self-proclaimed morality
You're just a thug in a rich man's frock
A bully menacing his street

You don't speak for me
I don't know why you think you do
Tell me what you see
When you look into a mirror it's just you
'Cos all the people you surround yourself with
To give a whiff of statesmanship
They disappear into thin air
When you spout your fascist shit

I can speak up for myself quite nicely
I know my right from wrong like my night from day
I don't believe half of the things you do
And nothing that you say

You don't speak for me
You have to have it all your way
Excuse me if I disagree
But the world is not your eminent domain
Quit the game, take your toys, run home
Throw a tantrum, shake your fist
There's a name for uptight boys like you
You're a terrorist

You don't speak for me...

credits

from Odds and Ends, released August 1, 2006
Robi Polgar: guitars, vocals
Patrick Lopez: bass, glockenspiel
Rex Rizk: drums

Words and music by Robi Polgar.
Recorded at Revolution Records, Austin, TX; Aug. '06.
Produced by The Late Joys.
Engineered and mastered by the mighty Rex.

Created by Stay Indie; art direction by The Late Joys.

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The Late Joys Austin

With influences that include The Beatles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Jam, The Clash and a slew of '80s and '90s Brit-pop guitar-based trailblazers, The Late Joys put on a high-octane show that's groovy, melodic and infused with fun.

The Late Joys play infectious sonic confections with literate lyrics, catchy melodies and unabashedly progressive political sensibilities.
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