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The Horse's Mouth

from Your Stupid Life by Jim Pearson

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“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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I came to ask the horse’s mouth
Once and for all let’s have it out
Off the record if you must
Redacted and anonymous

Do you believe the lies you spin?
Delivered with a rictus grin
I’m glad you see the funny side
Dishonour is a badge of pride

Guilty parties get away
With secrecy and NDAs
Money pays for loyalty
When you’re as rich as royalty

The public interest won’t be served
By the legal teams who groom your words
Your manufactured get out clauses
Are sponsored by unworthy causes

So guilty parties get away
With secrecy and NDAs
Money pays for loyalty
When you’re as rich as royalty

I’d like to think there’ll come a day
When moral debt will be repaid
But lying with authority
Is credited as honesty

I came to ask the horse’s mouth
Once and for all without a doubt
A broken record we can’t trust
Corrupted and preposterous

The public interest won’t be served
By journalists who mince their words
You can’t believe they’re on your side
Dishonour is a badge of pride

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from Your Stupid Life, released December 1, 2022

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"You never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it's gonna be pretty darn good." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.

Jim's songs range from the whimsical to some of the most bitter and somber themes, yet always with a paradoxical childlike spirit that meets them head-on – wide-eyed and full of hopeful energy.
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