Eugenio Finardi - Hostages

Ugly duckling
In the end you got a handsome coat
You bought it with the royalties
Off some anthems he once wrote
But now you crave total control
Youll blow the planet up if you dont get the vote
I feel the earths crust buckling
Under the weight of your ransome note

HOSTEGES! Youre all hostages on earth
Youve been betrayed and you wont be tried
It doesnt matter now whos wrong or who lied
Youre all hostages! Youre all hostages from birth!
Youve got a tickin bomb inside
And you pretend youre just along for the ride

His tunes sold billions
They went uranium long ago
You heardem at school you heardem at home
Theyre the only songs youll ever know
So now he craves total control
So hes been fixin up a super gala show
Sold out generations in advance
He sold you out and you gotta go

HOSTAGES! Youre all hostages on earth
Youve been betrayed and you wont be tried
It doesnt matter now whos wrong or who lied
Youre all hostages! Youre all hostages from birth!
Youve got a tickin bomb inside
And you pretend youre just along for the ride

Now the ugly duckling
He got his beak in every ballot box
In republics and kingdoms
Protectorates, states and blocs
But now he craves total control
Hes gonna fleece the preachers and them flocks
Hes gonna rip off all the hicks in the sticks
All the Joneses, junkies and jocks

HOSTAGES! Youre all hostages on earth
Youve been betrayed and you wont be tried
It doesnt matter now whos wrong or who lied
Youre all hostages! Youre all hostages from birth!
Youve got a tickin bomb inside
And you pretend youre just along for the ride