Planet of Fools

I pull the curtain back to see what’s going on
A lightshow for someone who has won
Hundreds of people look when he turns and smiles
Some poor man sleeps in middle of trash piles
A big black Mercedes drives down the empty street
Some fat bastard sitting proudly in backseat
A dead man lying in gray-colored gutter pool
This can happen only on this planet of fools

I put the TV on, it’s time for the news
But all I see is a man with Camel Boot shoes
I change to channel two where Pet Shop Boys play
Now don’t you think that other guys must be gay
Then I find the channel where the news are on
Only to hear what some stupid guerrillas have done
Have you ever noticed that there are no rules
For living in this place I call Planet of Fools?

I go to downtown on a Friday night
People stroll, some drink and others fight
I see the same poor man and my ex-girlfriend
A Friday night that’s what they try to spend

Every new decision causes new disaster
And you know trouble always leads to another
Nobody cares of nature and even if you do
They think you’re mad and somehow get rid of you
This is not the place where I belong
Let me tell ya, that is why I made this song
I want to get away, get rid of these fools
Because I really hate these goons...

(c) Panu Matilainen 1989