"State Of The Art" genre: Rock
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	Story Behind the Song This is my little 'reality check' to the world...my take on the 'state' of things in the world of music. (If you listen carefully, toward the end, you can hear the faint echos of things to come) :-) Lyrics This is the State Of The Art When you turn on your radio Do you hear anything at all? When you turn on your MTV Is it nothing but Real World and game shows? I can remember when creation was good And the human art of music was new When I turn on my radio I hear the same thing all around Somebody screaming, somebody choking On a stale, cheap guitar sound Don't you remember what a good thing it was To be moved to a higher concentration? The music of the Americans Turning circles on a 'Night Flight' Headed for nowhere The music of the millenium: pure mental emancipation This is the State Of The Art When I step in the studio I treat the work for what it's really worth An ancient language spoken everywhere - Throughout the universe and planet Earth I have the power - ornate or sublime - Within the hour, I complete another child of time When you step to the microphone Do you really think that you can sing? Most of us here in the audience We can't understand a damn thing I can show you what it's really about And I don't even have to shout The music of the Americans Turning circles on a 'Night Flight' Headed for nowhere The music of the millenium: awaiting the transformation This is the State Of The Art I'm so tired of all this nonsense So uninspired...spinning round and round and round and round and round If I could, you know I would And it would be so very, very, very, very, very good Like this... The music of the Americans Turning circles on a 'Night Flight' Headed for nowhere The music of The Continuum: the clear device of giants This is the State Of The Art

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