Jan Gillies - Nobody Home

Nobody Home Jan & Jen Gillies

Chorus:
There’s nobody home, just an echo upstairs
And the look in your eye is a blank empty stare
I know you’re alive, but the spark isn’t there
‘Cause there’s nobody home

1. Now the slick politicians, they found long ago
That the keystone to power lies in what you know
They think that we’re children, give fairytale truths
Exploiting our dreams and the passions of youth
With image consultants to show them the way
And ghostly speech writers who write all they say
Our leaders somehow just don’t seem very real
Even slip through the bars when they lie, cheat, and steal
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2. And the media masters, with plans of their own
With each new disaster their fortunes have grown
They prey on our terror of what we can’t see
As they edit the world that they show you and me
They’ve crippled our will and chained us with fear
As they control most of what we see and hear
Stampeding the masses with hate and deceit
Assassins of reason, they treat us like sheep
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3. But I’ve seen a power that shines in each eye
The power of judgment, the power to try
In most it’s still sleeping or shackled by fear
But children grow older, and their time is near
And I look for a day when the masters are gone
Each man must decide what’s right and what’s wrong
There’s a fate worse than dying or living alone
It’s to live in a body with nobody home

(chorus, w/ ‘nobody home’ repeat twice at the end)