Difference between revisions of "Hungry Freaks, Daddy"

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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
  
Mr. America, walk on by  
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Mr. America, walk on by<br />
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Your schools that do not teach<br />
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Mr. America, walk on by<br />
 +
The minds that won't be reached<br />
 +
Mr. America, try to hide<br />
 +
The emptiness that's you inside<br />
 +
But once you find that the way you lied<br />
 +
And all the corny tricks you've tried<br />
 +
Will not forestall the rising tide of<br />
 +
Hungry freaks, daddy
  
Your schools that do not teach
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They won't go for no more<br />
 +
Great, big Western hardware store<br />
 +
Philosophy that turns away<br />
 +
From those who aren't afraid to say<br />
 +
What's on their minds<br />
 +
The left-behinds<br />
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Of the great society
  
Mr. America, walk on by
+
Hungry freaks, daddy
  
The minds that won't be reached
+
Mr. America, walk on by<br />
 
+
Your supermarket dream<br />
Mr. America, try to hide
+
Mr. America, walk on by<br />
 
+
The liquor store supreme<br />
The emptiness that's you inside
+
Mr. America, try to hide<br />
 
+
The product of your savage pride<br />
But once you find that the way you lied
+
The useful minds that it denied<br />
 
+
The day you shrugged and stepped aside<br />
And all the corny tricks you've tried
+
You saw their clothes and then you cried,<br />
 
+
"Those hungry freaks, daddy"
Will not forestall the rising tide of
 
 
 
Hungry freaks, daddy
 
 
 
 
 
They won't go for no more
 
 
 
Great, big Western hardware store
 
 
 
Philosophy that turns away
 
 
 
From those who aren't afraid to say
 
 
 
What's on their minds
 
 
 
The left-behinds
 
 
 
Of the great society
 
 
 
 
 
Hungry freaks, daddy
 
 
 
 
 
Mr. America, walk on by  
 
 
 
Your supermarket dream  
 
 
 
Mr. America, walk on by  
 
 
 
The liquor store supreme  
 
 
 
Mr. America, try to hide  
 
 
 
The product of your savage pride  
 
 
 
The useful minds that it denied  
 
 
 
The day you shrugged and stepped aside  
 
 
 
You saw their clothes and then you cried,  
 
 
 
"Those hungry freaks, daddy"  
 
 
 
 
 
They won't go for no more
 
 
 
Great, big Western hardware store
 
 
 
Philosophy that turns away
 
 
 
From those who aren't afraid to say
 
 
 
What's on their minds
 
 
 
The left-behinds
 
  
 +
They won't go for no more<br />
 +
Great, big Western hardware store<br />
 +
Philosophy that turns away<br />
 +
From those who aren't afraid to say<br />
 +
What's on their minds<br />
 +
The left-behinds<br />
 
Of the great society
 
Of the great society
  

Revision as of 04:18, 4 April 2005


Lyrics

Mr. America, walk on by
Your schools that do not teach
Mr. America, walk on by
The minds that won't be reached
Mr. America, try to hide
The emptiness that's you inside
But once you find that the way you lied
And all the corny tricks you've tried
Will not forestall the rising tide of
Hungry freaks, daddy

They won't go for no more
Great, big Western hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds
The left-behinds
Of the great society

Hungry freaks, daddy

Mr. America, walk on by
Your supermarket dream
Mr. America, walk on by
The liquor store supreme
Mr. America, try to hide
The product of your savage pride
The useful minds that it denied
The day you shrugged and stepped aside
You saw their clothes and then you cried,
"Those hungry freaks, daddy"

They won't go for no more
Great, big Western hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds
The left-behinds
Of the great society

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Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared

Freak Out!

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Notes About This Song

The “Great Society” referred to in “Hungry Freaks, Daddy” and “Trouble Every Day” was an idealistic catch-phrase of President Johnson’s. Some startling kazoo notes leap out of the mix after each bridge in the former song, aligning pop-music idioms with little-kid music in a cheap fanfare manner. Frank, who wrote in his book that every song on Freak Out! had a “function within an overall satirical concept," molded the garbage of the industrial music machine into images of pure acidity, asking listeners to question the music they typically chose for their entertainment ("shaking people out of their complacency" was a frequent Mothers motive).

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