Fake Braille Flyers

by Billy Cromb

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Week 2 of my weekly song project.

When I heard about the Conservative party printing flyers lauding their support for disabled veterans but which had fake braille printed on them, I knew I had to write a song about it. It's so deeply symbolic of everything that's wrong with politics in Canada.

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You can talk about the blind leading the blind
But tell me who's printing out the fake Braille flyers

It's so perfect it's a sham within a sham
The symmetry between the big and little lies

So comfortable, they nest like Russian dolls
Like carbon dioxide, safe inside a cavern of salt

We'll all sing sweet lullabies of job creation
As they spend our money telling us to vote for them
Sweet lullabies of job creation
In praise of Canada's Economic Action Plan

And they'll talk about the love our people share
For the land but what they mean is for the resources
Or the money that comes from the resources
But love of the land is inconvenient

You can call me a sore loser if you like
But what about when the seas and rivers rise?

You can talk about the blind leading the blind
But tell me who's printing out the fake Braille flyers

(Sweet lullabies)

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released September 13, 2013

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Billy Cromb Vancouver, British Columbia

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