This is a demo for a song I wrote. Anyone is free to cover it and alter it in any way they like.

~ CJ

Lyrics:

I am an alien

A stranger in a strange land

My skin blisters in the sun

The air rejects my lungs

Everything about me screams

"I'M NOT FROM HERE!"

And yet, here I am.

A stranger in a strange land

Such is life

I'm rich in material things

But poor in culture

I yearn for connection

I yearn to connect to the land

But I'm born of the ghost people

I'm born of the ghost people

I'm born of the ghost people

My culture is sitcoms

And Amazon

And the Brady Brunch

And the birthday song

My culture is Coke Is It

And Lord Hear Our Prayers

And Milli Vanilli

And the twisted thoughts of stunted billionaires

I can name more stars in the Marvel universe

Than I know in the sky

There are more pokemon I can tell apart

Than plants I can identify

I yearn to say "Here try this"

While proffering you a cup

"My pops used to make this for me,

this'll fix you right up."

I yearn to say "this is how we do things here"

Or "this is what this weather means"

Or "this bark is good for toothache"

Or "Just lie with me

and listen to the land"

Just lie with me

and listen to the land

Just lie with me

My culture is full of lies

My culture is made of lies

My culture is lies cooked up

By ad execs

In suits made by slaves

My culture was strategized

My culture was bastardized

My culture was militarized

In the parlor rooms

Of monarchs, popes, and liars

My culture was spun

Out of lies

By lobby groups

And think tanks

And lawyers protecting their clients

And middlemen chaining up the things that shine

And scavenger men

Looking for scavenger means

To predate on vulnerable people

My culture is a vulture

My culture is a vulture

I yearn to say "this is how we do things here"

Or "this is what this weather means"

Or "this bark is good for a toothache"

Or "Just lie with me

and listen to the land"

Just lie with me

and listen to the land

Just lie with me

Just lie with me

They lied to me

But you can just lie with me

And be free

And we'll

Listen to the land