Positive Songs For Negative Times #89: God Help The Poor Billionaires

Palm Ghosts are from Nashville, but their bandcamp page tells us they'd be "more at home in rainy Manchester". Apparently they "weave cinematic dream pop and new wave with brooding post punk" which might make them worth a listen to some of you. They've been around since 2013, and on the strength of this, their latest single, they are worthy of further investigation...

I am for the corporations

Chains and monopolies

Power's consolidation

Unregulated entities

I am for the company's vision

The mission statement's plan

The absence of competition

That will draw all power in

I am for decisive thinking

When survival comes into play

The process of conscience shrinking

Where giant steps are to be made

I feel for the cutback

To maintain the bottom line

But I do not feel the blowback

Of being so maligned

God help the poor billionaires see

We're counting on them to succeed

God help the poor billionaires see

We're counting on them to succeed

I might use that lyric in class to explain the concept of irony.