(To be sung to Say Goodbye to Hollywood, by Billy Joel. If you'd like to sing along, here's a midi link which opens a second window.)
Bush is drivin' through a bill that strips rights,
Turns your life to an open, guided tour.
It sends your info to a Fed'ral machine.
It's a scene straight from Nineteen-Eight-Four.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Big Gov's storin' all your facts in a file,
With a style that invades your private doors.
They'll know exactly where you're at, what you're for,
And you won't be a free man anymore.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Movin' on is our chance
To be safe from the spies
Who try to take
Life's treasures.
Whoa.
Say a word out of line
And you'll find that the rights
You had are gone,
Forever.
Forever.
Without a basis 'puters watch all our lives.
Will we pass? Or will we be watched again?
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes,
All retained online for Gov Spies to spin.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Nearly gone is our chance
To be safe from the spies
Who try to take
Life's treasures.
Whoa.
Think a thought out of line
And you'll find that the rights
You had are gone,
Forever.
Forever.
Without a basis 'puters watch all our lives.
Will we pass? Or will we be watched again?
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes,
All retained online for Gov Spies to spin.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
Say goodbye to privacy.
Say goodbye to freedom.
