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Rat Race

from Warhorse by dwarf band

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Picture the exquisite little white rat inside a little cylindrical cage, mounted on really smooth (little) bearings, in a slightly bigger little cage. He (or she) goes like fury and gets that little cage flying so fast his little legs can barely keep up with it. He thinks he's going pretty well, but actually doesn't move at all. Not-so-little Rupert Murdoch's ideal little employee - Rupert et al harness the output. Makes you feel really... they say it's done with mirrors

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RAT-RACE

Any one of many cities
Summer heat and dust and fumes
Sun is baking without pity
Expressionless, a blank face
Urban jungle forms
Fighting for their small space
On the long march - of the rat-race hordes

Any bus or train or tram-car
Nearly splitting at the seams
People milling in a stockyard
Straining for a hint of air
Grabbing at the cords
Wanting to be anywhere
But not a part - of the rat-race hordes

Marching to the rhythm of the moguls in the wings
Encouragement is given for the progress that it brings
Rats don’t know the wheel goes round
But they don’t change their place
They say it’s done with mirrors
It’s a real rat-race

There’s the boss, you hardly ever see him
He’s the keeper of the cheese
He will feed you when you weaken
Morsels of stale cheddar
Furtive, small rewards
Never getting better
On the long march - of the rat-race hordes

Marching to the rhythm of the moguls in the wings
Encouragement is given for the progress that it brings
Rats don’t know the wheel goes round
But they don’t change their place
They say it’s done with mirrors
It’s a real rat-race

They say it’s done with mirrors - it’s a real rat-race
They say it’s done with mirrors - it’s a real rat-race
They say it’s done with mirrors - it’s a real rat-race

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from Warhorse, released February 15, 1998

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