The Golden State

Democracy’s just a word when profit margins are on the line
Arbenz learnt the lesson of the corporate’s grand design
Torrijos and Roldos fought, and then came crashing down to earth
The deposition of Mossadegh aborted freedoms birth
Lumumba in the Congo through to Aristide in Haiti
The Gulf War waged to discipline, not freedom for Kuwaiti’s
Allende’s story finished with a full stop marked in lead
Indonesia’s red star left almost a million dead
Chavez knows the wrath that comes from caring for your people
Golds disciples moved to boardrooms once they vacated the steeples
The wolves are in the pasture, and the jackals roam the land
Countries bleed and suffer for the Stock Markets demands
The unholy birth of terror through a marriage of money and state
Real freedom’s just a dream within this world that they create
The Emperor’s power is absolute, this effigy of gold
We play this game of free choice as we all wait to be sold