Paul Hansen - Of One Mind In A House Lyrics

I was standing at the bottom
Of your crooked staircase
Looking up at your Trustafarian face
The plaster falling from the lath on the ceiling
The wallpaper yellow and the orange paint all peeling
Of one mind in a house
Each an obsequious mouse
Your leader is a loudmouth louse
That rambles like a barfly souse
You know he's going to let you be
If you supplicate and agree
In a one mind house
I was standing at the top
Of your crooked staircase
From the kitchen the effluvium
Filling the whole damn place
Bland same portions a culinary fare
A red swamp mush that
You all were forced to share
Of one mind in a house
Soft hands a peasant blouse
You shout and you raise your fists
Spoiled little anarchists
Ideology stuck in your head
Butter both sides of your bread
In a one mind house
At the University you got good marks
Chasing fireflies in the sultry summer dark
Contemplative walks in the park
Sitting and discussing the works of Karl Marx
Comrades marching
Black boots marching
Numbers marching on
Silenced in a sea of red
There's a hood wrapped around your head
Silenced till your psyche's bled
Be careful of who you know
Intellectuals the first to go
Did you ever stop and give it pause
The state with a one mind cause
Your neighbor waves with a grin
Knowing he will turn you in
In a one mind house
I was standing at the threshold of your door
Your books all asunder and the mattress on the floor
Your parents fancy free a couple globe trotter's
While you dropped out to join a band of squatters
Of one mind in a house
A puppet show of Dr Faust
Your leader strikes up the band
Children led by the hand
Your comrades all in a twist
Confused little anarchists
And the hive mentality
They're never gonna let you be
In a one mind house