Got a phone call just the other day,

Sounded like it came from the CIA --

Or one of those initialed bureaucracies , any way…

He said, " Stick around,

And we’ll be right down

To take you away!"

He said, "We know what you’ve been up to down there--

The Walls have ears,

The word is out,

And loose talk is in the air!"

I said, "You’ve got the wrong number…"

He said, "I don’t care;

I need some voter

To fill my quota of

Meaningless despair ."

I said, "Pardon me for the intrusion--

I think you are engaged in a delusion!

But I believe I have arrived in a solution:

Just

Extract me

From your

Magnified Illusion!"

A man in a robe comes

Rat-tat-tat

At my door

Said, "You just can’t trust this

Devil’s world no more!

But, lucky for us,

My friend

Talks to the Lord--

Just give a donation,

And you’ll find salvation

From his terrible swift sword!"

I held back a chuckle,

And commenced to speak:

"I can’t say much for the

Company

This supposed Lord keeps!

And what about the millions

Who have their own beliefs?"

He said, "There’s only one way

To be saved today,

Now down on your knees!"

I said, "Sir I beg for exclusion!

I don’t want to add to your confusion,

But please don’t consider me for

Retribution

In the scope of your

Magnified illusion!"

Turned on the TV just to watch the news--

It seems designed just to

Give you the blues,

And make you think that there’s

Nothing you can do--

If they keep you down

Then their chosen clown

Can do the thinking for you!

Everywhere there’s a

Smiling mask

Who would love to control

All the views and opinions that you call your

Soul--

They’ll grab for a part

If they can’t get the whole;

They’ll take it as such,

But there won’t be much

Left for your own!

So I say,

If you’re sick and tired of losing

Just get to work on your own

Revolution.

But don’t mind what I say,

‘Cause I’m just cruising

In my own little

Magnified Illusion!