Biography:
https://www.facebook.com/attilathestockbroker . Radical-force-of-nature performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker celebrates the 35th anniversary of his first gig with the publication of his autobiography ‘Arguments Yard’ in September 2015 .
Launched into public consciousness by legendary Radio One DJ John Peel in 1982/83, he has spent 35 years touring the world as a self sustaining DIY one man cottage industry, performing well over
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
Am
You don't have to sit back and watch the psychopaths fight
Em
The hand of friendship is usally right
Bb E
Most peope want peace and a home somewhere
A E
They don't care about the thugs and their murderous stare
A
Now we knew this, and for fourty years
E
A brand new way replaced traditional fears
Bb E
Most people lived happily side by side
A E
No place for terror, no need to hide
A
But it wasn't to the liking of the World Bank suits
E
Who cheered when the tribes rediscovered their roots
Bb E
They can handle torture, rape, and death
A E
If it opens up markets for the IMF
[Chorus]
A E
And they're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
'A chance for individuals to compete'
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Fascists gun down children in the street.
[Verse 2]
A
I remember the message from Amnesty
E
That said the whole damn lot of them should be free
Bb E
No matter what they say, no matter what they do
A E
'Cause "they're all entitled to their point of view"
A
The liberals cheered when the money men won
E
Now they cry in the face of the tank and the gun
Bb E
And the arms manufacturers are having fun as well
A E
Growing fat on the profits of sectarian hell
A
Now we always saw it another way
E
For a hundred years, educate each day
Bb E
And suppress the thugs and their murderous lies
A E
Keep the lid on the pot 'til the hate boiled dry
[Chorus]
A E
But they're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
The rape camp guards can have a Big Mac for tea
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Welcome to Western liberal democracy.
[Verse 3]
Bb C A
There's freedom in Bischofferode, in East Germany
Bb C A
A town closed due to "economic unviability"
Bb C
The word has become meaningless, a travesty
Bb C Em
For there can be no freedom without power for the free --
A
And that means more than shopping, actually.
[Verse 4]
A
In Afghanistan in 1979
E
Everybody swallowed the corporate line
Bb E
Misogynists from the twelfth century
A
Were "freedom fighters" on TV
The Western world took them to their hearts
E
The Afghan nation was torn apart
Bb E
And now everything's gone, no one seems to care
A E
About the awful nightmare happening there
A
Civil war in Kabul, fundamentalists clash
E
With arsenals bought with Western cash
Bb E
But the 9 o'clock news isn't there anymore
A E
They're not fighting commies so it's not a real war
[Chorus]
A E
They're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
They freeze in Moscow, burn in Chechnya
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A
Fascism, war, poverty, mafia
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Look "freedom" up in the latest dictionary
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
It says: "an IMF loan and a monetarist economy."
[Verse 5]
A
In East Berlin the satirists sing
A
"Auf die Dauer hilft nur Mauer"
A
We want our Wall back
A
We want our Wall back
A
Can we have our wall back, please?
Am
You don't have to sit back and watch the psychopaths fight
Em
The hand of friendship is usally right
Bb E
Most peope want peace and a home somewhere
A E
They don't care about the thugs and their murderous stare
A
Now we knew this, and for fourty years
E
A brand new way replaced traditional fears
Bb E
Most people lived happily side by side
A E
No place for terror, no need to hide
A
But it wasn't to the liking of the World Bank suits
E
Who cheered when the tribes rediscovered their roots
Bb E
They can handle torture, rape, and death
A E
If it opens up markets for the IMF
[Chorus]
A E
And they're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
'A chance for individuals to compete'
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Fascists gun down children in the street.
[Verse 2]
A
I remember the message from Amnesty
E
That said the whole damn lot of them should be free
Bb E
No matter what they say, no matter what they do
A E
'Cause "they're all entitled to their point of view"
A
The liberals cheered when the money men won
E
Now they cry in the face of the tank and the gun
Bb E
And the arms manufacturers are having fun as well
A E
Growing fat on the profits of sectarian hell
A
Now we always saw it another way
E
For a hundred years, educate each day
Bb E
And suppress the thugs and their murderous lies
A E
Keep the lid on the pot 'til the hate boiled dry
[Chorus]
A E
But they're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
The rape camp guards can have a Big Mac for tea
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Welcome to Western liberal democracy.
[Verse 3]
Bb C A
There's freedom in Bischofferode, in East Germany
Bb C A
A town closed due to "economic unviability"
Bb C
The word has become meaningless, a travesty
Bb C Em
For there can be no freedom without power for the free --
A
And that means more than shopping, actually.
[Verse 4]
A
In Afghanistan in 1979
E
Everybody swallowed the corporate line
Bb E
Misogynists from the twelfth century
A
Were "freedom fighters" on TV
The Western world took them to their hearts
E
The Afghan nation was torn apart
Bb E
And now everything's gone, no one seems to care
A E
About the awful nightmare happening there
A
Civil war in Kabul, fundamentalists clash
E
With arsenals bought with Western cash
Bb E
But the 9 o'clock news isn't there anymore
A E
They're not fighting commies so it's not a real war
[Chorus]
A E
They're free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
They freeze in Moscow, burn in Chechnya
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A
Fascism, war, poverty, mafia
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
Look "freedom" up in the latest dictionary
A E
Free now, oh they're free now
Bb E A E
It says: "an IMF loan and a monetarist economy."
[Verse 5]
A
In East Berlin the satirists sing
A
"Auf die Dauer hilft nur Mauer"
A
We want our Wall back
A
We want our Wall back
A
Can we have our wall back, please?
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Aubrie Sellers
Aubryn
Audacious
Audacity
Audiovent
Auditivo
Audra Lynn
Audra Mae
Audrey