Abuse of Power

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Abuse of Power

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"Abuse of Power" - Third Cat

I'll do anything you want
got me twisted 'round your finger
lost out in the dark
for a glimpse of your light I linger
it's abuse of power
anything you want, any hour
it's an abuse of power
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Abuse of Power
by Lichen Throat

Out among the orange groves,
In a drafty house with an old wood stove,
Sarah woke to a chilly dawn,
Spots of frost in the patchy lawn.
Leaden sky as smudge pots burned,
Oily smoke rose up and churned.
Her mom worked at the aircraft plant all during the war.
Now that all the dads are back, she’s back to being poor.

Past the empty city pool,
She shivers on the walk to school,
Tattered sweater, tattered skirt,
Saddle shoes scrubbed clean of dirt.
Through the front doors right on time,
Crowded halls and school-bell chimes.
Her mom worked at the aircraft plant all during the war.
Now that all the dads are back, she’s back to being poor.

They ignore the girls and call on boys
Hour after hour.
She won’t let her dreams be destroyed
By this abuse of power.

Teacher, secretary, nurse,
The range of choice is not diverse.
But she is making other plans,
Not just waiting to meet a man.
Next fall she’ll pack her suitcase,
Board the bus and leave this place.
Her mom worked at the aircraft plant all during the war.
She won’t let them hold her back; she’s tired of being ignored.
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Abuse of Power - Brown Word and the Big Whine

I rolled into town in the dead of night
Down the main drag - red and blue lights
They pulled me out the car and went through my stuff
Gave me a stern warning what happens to riff-raff
Toss you in the back of the black and white

So the nail that sticks up gets hammered down
There's abuse of power in this town
Can't defend yourself, they'll call it an attack
Can't run away, they'll shoot you in the back
An abuse of power x 3

Tried to get a job, get off the street
Nobody would rent to me I'm sleeping in the backseat
Here come the flashlights and the radios
Tapping of a nightstick on the foggy window
Here I am again running afoul of the heat

So the nail that sticks up gets hammered down
There's abuse of power in this town
Can't defend yourself, they'll call it an attack
Can't run away, they'll shoot you in the back
An abuse of power x 3

Brought before the judge said I was just passing through
When I first got accosted by the boys in blue
He hammered down his gavel and he hammered down my ass
He said "This is a nice town and you don't get a pass"
My car got towed away with my wallet too
I don't know what I'm gonna do

So now I'm stuck in Friendly Town
The mayor and the council know who I am
I mind my business, I keep my head down
I can't stop getting hassled by the goddamn Man
An abuse of power in this town
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Abuse Of Power - Paco del Stinko

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain
He's pulling the levers and he makes the smoke
Nothing seems to hurt'im

Well it's abuse of power when you pluck every petal from the flower


All little people underneath his thumb
Living in fear of floating flame heads
Ignorant and dumb

Plop a peeled grape into your mouth
While all the hungry go without


What a wonderful guy what a wonderous lie what a wonderful guy


Lies and deceit poppy flower juice by the spoon
The dog pulled back the blinds to the truth
Bringin' the stink since 2006.
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Abuse of Power
a T. Milton Hochman Jam
Music - Critical Rave Theory
Lyrics - T. Milton Hochman

Verse 1
I really thought I played a pretty good nice guy
as I recall I did more than get drunk and high
I tried to get a little better each and every day
but I suspect there's an abuser in my DNA

Chorus 1
Tell me whose abuse of power
took me in and cut me out
waited for the juice to sour
to a shadow of a doubt
Tell me who's the victim now
who's struggling not to drown
on the lonely river route
you sold me down

Verse 2
So my sentence I serve alone
but on the bright side, at least you got your ticket home
and now that it's just me, myself, and I, there's plenty room
for spacin' out and singin' tunes about who's zoomin' whom

Chorus 1’
Tell me whose abuse of power
chewed me up and spit me out
waited for the juice to sour
to a shadow of a doubt
Tell me who's the victim now
who's struggling not to drown
on the lonely river route
you sold me down

---
Recitative (repeat twice)
brokedown breakdown
chekkitout no doubt
how now brown cow
record time turnaround
found a new hound
at the downtown dog pound
so proud now
take a bow in a wedding gown
old man told me how
throwin' down unbound
smacktalk dolin' out
loudmouths go south
whimper or shout but
it's gonna come about
that a lowdown roundhouse
kick ya to the outhouse
---

Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Tell me whose abuse of power
had you charging by the hour
when your baby needs a shower
then you're up and out
You wonder who's the boss
I wear an albatross
now it's ciao to doubt about
who had the clout

Chorus 1
Chorus 2

---

Chorus Counterpoint
Ain't no abuse of power
just doin' what you allow her
So pin it on and move on
It's yours to stay
Won't get no bud to flower
throwin' stones from an ivory tower
climb down and touch the ground
and pray

repeat Counterpart against Chorus 2 then Chorus 1
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Abuse of Power by Sweeney Toad and the Synthlads 🐸 🎹

I climbed the top of an ancient magic mountain
I drank the blood from a sacrificial fountain
I harnessed the powers of the iguana gods
I can feel the power surge through my entire bod
Chameleon kind has been instilled in me
I have been granted invisibility
Now I can sneak in the gym peep dudes in the shower
Absolutely no regrets with this abuse of power

Now some might say this is sexual assault
But I am just a voyeur it is not my fault
I grew up watching 80s movies this is why I’m like this
So much sexual tension that we might kiss

Mmm 😘

And you can’t see me because I’m literally invisible
Some might say what I do is shamefully pitiful
But I’m not judging you so please don’t judge me
Sometimes I like to see a bunch of dudes get their junk clean
There’s nothing wrong with seeing all sorts of dicks
Big and small soft and tall and all the balls are big
Now I can sneak in the gym peep dudes in the shower
Absolutely no regrets with this abuse of power
Sober GF: I can't explain why but I hated it

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Abuse of Power (We Need a Caucus Coup)
By Duncan Martin

Bm
Fairy Creek kings got a thousand rings
Dmaj7 G Bm
Ain’t you ever heard Ian Tyson sing
Bm,
The big stands of timber waiting for the fall
Dmaj7 G Bm
They won’t let up till they fell them all


Put your hard hat on John, sing your swan song
We can see whose pocket you belong in
A funeral dirge on a pipe organ
For the lost conscience of premier Horgan

(Bridge 1)
Em D
We’ve got soft bamboo now for wiping poo
Em D
You don’t need old growth for your bath tissue
Em D
Bidets are coming back for to clean your crack
A7
And they don’t cause clogs in the sewer stack


Bm)
See him siccing Mounties like they’re
Dmaj7 G Bm
hunting bounties as they’ve always done

Bm Dmaj7 G BM
Informing the press that they've restricted access to the exclusion zone

Bm
Something bout jobs
Dmaj7 G D
Moving forward time to face the music
Bm Dmaj7 G Bm
And the worst abuse of power is when you don’t use it.


Instrumental Verse (Bm Dmaj7 G Bm) X 4

Bridge 2
Em D
His bets were hedged when you all won the leg’
In the flattened curve before we all got served
And Karma would be Sharma, and Marks and Ma
A7
Leading a mutiny to hasten his fall.

This two-year deferral, the lifespan of a squirrel
You could park a skylark on some of those burls
Surely one of you could stage a coup
A coup it’s true is long overdue


They’d have our support, there’s a whole cohort
We’re not involved in politics for money or sport
It’s a simple ask like wearing a mask
Use the tools you have to make this year his last


I’d rather not vote for the bulk of these greens
Some are fine but most of the time
It’s like they watched Fern Gulley drinking fancy wine
And say class isn’t really a focus of mine

When your base is built on Boomer guilt
And the forest looks like a patchwork quilt
You’ve run our patience down to the hilt
Ge out the Sleeping dragons and the twenty foot stilts

Whether water wood or fish or rock
You sell it all on the chopping block
All that talk up at Hollyhock
Is just self-congratulatory poppycock


Em D
We see him keeping mum as the generators hum
Em D
Playing dumb as the elders drum
Am D
A moratorium that only buys some time
A7
A fleeting pause in an age-old crime

Bm Dmaj7
You’d better do something with your position
G Bm
Why else did you choose it?
Bm Dmaj7 G Bm
The worst abuse of power now is if you don’t use it

Bm Dmaj7 G (repeat)
Please oust the leader -- save the cedars, You’ve got the support of us bottom feeders
Garden weeders and wal-mart greeters, Apple core yeeters and schwag weed seeders
Macaroni beaders and solitaire cheaters. chicken breeders, sourdough kneaders,
Sardine eaters, long form readers, those who put change in the parking meters.
Dudes named Peter, bylaw heeders. Interns who edit the CBC streeters
highway one speeders, Deadbeat deeders, probably even a couple of Uyghurs
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Abuse of Power
mellfire

Early morning, through my front window, I saw you beat a path to my front door
You hid your 10-speed, before you saw me, it was a detail I could not ignore
You were helpless, so embarrassed, said you’d been locked out of your car all night
Could I loan you cab fare of $20, to reach a friend who’d help you put it right?

You’d get your keys back, get your car home, and bring the money to me at my place
You shared your story, called me neighbor and said you recognized my face
If I questioned your intentions, you’d walk home and pick up your ID
You were smiling, very friendly, my hesitation you could plainly see

Chorus
You know I want to help you home
You seem to know I’ll play along
Abuse of power for a loan?
I keep thinking about that day

My baby daughter, she was with me, when you’d showed up almost right at dawn
We were playing, keeping quiet, careful not to wake up anyone
Could I take you at face value, or just let you take me for a ride?
Could you lie when she was watching, then walk away like it was justified?

Chorus
You know I want to help you home
You seem to know I’ll play along
Abuse your power for a loan
I keep thinking about that day

Bridge
What if I had it and gave it away without a clue?
Why do I have to believe it’s all true?

Chorus
You know I want to help you home
You seem to know I’ll play along
Abuse your power for a loan
I keep thinking about that day
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Nick Soma - Abuse of Power

King Zephyrus rules over his people with an iron fist. While the common folk are starving, he and his corrupt court are throwing lavish parties. But the people have had enough of this. Now the rebel armies are closing in on Zephyrus' castle...

Nobles just in name, not in spirit
They steal and defile our land
Minions in the court of a tyrant
With the blood of our kind on their hands

Oh, such horrible abuse of power
Hear the people sing,
"Down with the king!"
We will fight and not fear anything

Those who won't obey by his orders
So says the fiendish king's command
They shall all be hung, drawn and quartered
No soul is safe in this land

Oh, such horrible abuse of power
Rebels, heed the call,
"King Zephyrus must fall!"
Moving closer towards the castle wall
Take his throne and throw him down
He's not worthy of the Crown
Toss him into the moat and let him drown.

Oh, such horrible abuse of power
Much blood we have shed
But he will bleed more than we bled
For today we're coming for the tyrant's head
He will try to defend
But our troops do not bend
The reign of this despicable,
This greedy, vile, abominable
Scoundrel of a king
Is at an end!
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Abuse of Power
Pigfarmer Jr

She's aware of what's going on
Can't ignore that it's feeling wrong
When the boss asks her to work late

He puts his hand on her leg again
Even though she doesn't want him
It's getting to be more than she can take

She needs to keep this job
But now she's feeling trapped
She's got nowhere she can go

She can't afford to walk away
But now she's being harassed
He's completely out of control

She needs to keep this job
But now she's feeling trapped
She's got nowhere she can go

She can't afford to walk away
But now she's being harassed
He's completely out of control

No-one else is ever there
Abuse of power isn't fair
She's feeling all alone again
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Abuse of Power - Night Sky

I can still hear him hollering
From down the hall
I can still hear her bargaining
And making that call

You got the motion
You got the time
Power ain’t a gift
And it ain’t no crime

But you were towering over
Instead of powering up
What the hell what a waste
Of the juice you got

In the gap you could never see
Monsters came alive
Exploiting the vacancy
Laughing in the light

You got the motion
You got the time
Power ain’t a gift
And it ain’t no crime

But you were towering over
Instead of powering up
What the hell what a waste
Of the juice you got
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Abuse of Power

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Abuse of Power
by WreckdoM

I put a piece of bacon on my dog's nose
He has to hold still until I say so
I tell him "no"
I tell him "no"
The bacon must wait until he hears "go"

I'm an asshole to my dog, oh yeah
He's an asshole to his dog
I dick him over just for fun, oh yeah
He's an asshole to his dog
Slave to my beck and call
I'm not a best friend at all
No, I'm a big ol' asshole to my dog
He's an asshole to his dog

I put food in his bowl, place it on the floor
He has to sit and stare just a few seconds more
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Abuse of Power, shrts
(with gang vocals and lyric help from my 18-year-old's rant after the dentist)

I’m at a loss why you tell me to floss; I’m not going to floss.
It ain’t no joke how you prod and you poke. I bleed and I’m broke
 
Dental hygienist, you’re such a menace with your abuse of power.

You got your hands in my mouth and want to chat it out.
What’s that about?
You don’t have to be mean; you just have to clean my teeth.

Dental hygienist, I gag and I grimace from your abuse of power.

What kind of child vibing through this act of violence sits a minute thinking:
"Let me embrace it? Yea, I can face it every day and every minute every hour.
I think I’m down for this abuse of power."
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Berkeley Social Scene

Rising up
Slow to action
Fight against
drought of compassion

Things can change
We're in this together
Raise our voices
Keep on the pressure

We got the numbers let's just shut them down
bound together we could own this town
a bitter pill and the taste is sour
We could stop this abuse of power

Sitting down
Quick to the defense
Righteous anger
Nothing makes sense

Slow on the uptake
Impatient for progress
Hoping you'll get more
Never Settle for less

We got the numbers let's just shut them down
bound together we could own this town
a bitter pill and the taste is sour
We could stop this abuse of power

How long can we live with less
Let's Set fire to the whole damn mess
How to put the power back in check
When they self serve and self they protect

We got the numbers let's just shut them down
bound together we could own this town
a bitter pill and the taste is sour
We could stop this abuse of power
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