These tracks were released on a single under the band name Scab Aid.
Let It Be
And this is Steve Wright, we hope that those that lost relatives
in this terrible disaster may be able to have a better life as a
result of this great record
This great record
This great record
(repeat)
Watchers pray in times of trouble
Restless by the harbor wall
Waiting for the stormy winds to fall
With microphone and TV camera
Money and tears and a song to sing
This is where the buy and sell begins
For media and for industry
Consumers of the world agree
Nothing sells like disaster, let it be
This manufactured sympathy, drowing in hypocrisy
Smiles to clinch the deals to boost the sales
All the owners of the printing presses
And postars crying phony tears
Nothing bleeds like the hearts of the millionaires
For the charts and the state machine
Consumers of the world agree
Nothing sells like disaster, let it be
Greed and lies and economics
A captains' crew to make the rules
And a band to play the waltz on this ship of fools
Media sales
Media sales
For profit, stars, and company
Consumers of the world agree
Nothing sells like disaster, let it be
Nothing sells like disaster, let it be
The Sun/Scum
What would be better than a real-life disaster movie? With all the
Hollywood-style news coverage and on-the-spot interviews with
survivors as they discoved the loss of their loved ones.
Hey, quick, boys! We've got some tears over here.
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