BOB DYLAN'S ANTI-COMMUNIST POETRY

BOB DYLAN'S ANTI-COMMUNIST POETRY: MAGGIE’S FARM, GATES OF EDEN AND IT’S ALRIGHT MA I’M ONLY BLEEDING

My biggest error as a Dylanologist was not realizing that contrary to popular belief, Dylan fell off a turnip truck that was passing through Greenwich Village. He had been picked up at the Goldwater's Department Store in Phoenix Arizona. Even when he was looked at as one of America's dirtiest comsymps and "kike nigger lovers" he was a rightwing Republican. Now with this last piece of the puzzle, the Goldwasser factor, I have it all right, not just the drug, Israel, AIDS, and autobiographical poems. This time it is not what I think but what Dylan thinks.

MAGGIE'S FARM I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

Well, I wake in the morning, Fold my hands and pray for rain.

I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane.

It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor.

"I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more" I ain't gonna work with the Commies on their collective farm, prison farm, gulag, no more, no more "Well, I wake up" I am awakened, caused to be made aware of their evil "in the morning" early on in life "Fold my hands" withdraw my style of writing, lay my cards face down on a table, give up on Communism ever being a viable ideology. In Some Other Kinds of Songs Dylan discusses the British musical invasion, "four queens with pawed out hearts make believe they're still good but i should drop fold" "and pray for rain" and hope that I can write songs that show the full extent of my hatred for Soviet Communism "I got a head" a person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director "full of ideas" full of Communist ideology "That are drivin' me insane" forcing me into an irrational act or state, Isis "What drives me to you is what drives me insane "It's a shame the way she makes me scrub" "scrub" slang, cancel or abandon; drop "the floor" the part of a legislative chamber or meeting hall where members are seated and from which they speak. It's a shame the way Communism abrogates democracy. "No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more." I am not going to further the work of the Communists anymore!

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

Well, he hands you a nickel, He hands you a dime, He asks you with a grin If you're havin' a good time, Then he fines you every time you slam the door.

"I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more" brother: a fellow member, as of a trade union "Well, he hands you a nickel, He hands you a dime" he gives you a nickel an hour raise here, a dime an hour raise there "He asks you with a grin" he wants you to grin and bear it: informal to suffer hardship without complaint "If you're havin' a good time" sarcastic "Then he fines you" he penalizes the members "every time you slam the door" every time you become angry and strike, as he is in league with the bosses. Tarantula, "mickey mantle hitting a grand slam"

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

Well, he puts his cigar Out in your face just for kicks.

His bedroom window It is made out of bricks.

The National Guard stands around his door.

"I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more" the Soviet Union, the father of Communism, "Well, he puts his cigar" his puts his propaganda, Eleven Outlined Epitaphs, "as I stumble on lost cigars of Bertolt Brecht" Brecht was a Communist play write whose works were used as Communist propaganda "Out in your face" out in your outward appearance, your race "just for kicks" for no real purpose, just to demonstrate his power, his kick "His bedroom window" his entre to sexuality, bedroom, sexually suggestive: a bedroom comedy; "It is made out of bricks" it bars inter-racial marriage as the Russian race must be preserved "The National Guard stands around his door" and the Communists are no better than the Southern racists. Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students from enrolling at the school. They were escorted inside by members of the federalized National Guard.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

Well, she talks to all the servants About man and God and law.

Everybody says She's the brains behind pa.

She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four.

"I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more" communism's conscience, Karl Marx "Well, she talks to all the servants" the followers of communism. Servant: one who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another, in this case Karl Marx "About man" humanism "and God" atheism "and law" economic laws "Everybody says / She's the brains behind pa" Marxism is the ideology of the Soviet Union "She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four" Marxism in antiquated and outdated yet pretends to be contemporary. Marx wrote Das Kapital in 1867 and it is not applicable to modern economics.

"mother, ma, mama" as conscience: Tarantula, "if i was you, i'd give in & go chop those trees down for my mother - after all, there's a little mother in all of us" George Washington's conscience bothered him so much he copped to chopping down a cherry tree that was off limits.

Tarantula "by the way, you should call your mother 'Stella' just to show her that you mean business" illusion to the film On the Waterfront wherein Stella serves as Marlon Brando's conscience Well, I try my best To be just like I am, But everybody wants you To be just like them.

They sing while you slave and I just get bored.

"Well, I try my best / To be just like I am, / But everybody" the Communists "wants you / To be just like them / They sing while you slave" while you are abjectly subservient to a specified person: Karl Marx "and I just get bored" THE GATES OF EDEN "The savage soldier" sarcastic: General Dwight Eisenhower who was accused of being too soft on the Soviets by the right "sticks his head in sand" ignores historical precedents "sand" history; Chronicles, "MacLeish wrote deep poems, was the man of godless sand. He could take real people from history, people like Emperor Charles or Montezuma and Cortes the Conquistador, and with the tender touch of a creator, deliver them right to your door." "And then complains" about Soviet expansionism "Unto the shoeless" unto Nikita Khrushchev who took his shoe off and banged it on the Soviet Delegations desk at the United Nations in 1960 "hunter" John Fitzgerald Kennedy: "Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas." "who's gone deaf" who ignores IKE's complaints; who is wearing earphones that provides him with a translation "But still remains" but nonetheless remains "Upon the beach" in a protected area, the United Nations Tarantula, "i know it very well the beaches are extremely fantastic - i hear the fuzz are down there now tho 'yeah baby the fuzz come in about last Christmas'" Chronicles, "slow speed nosed up on a protective beach at night" "where hound dogs" diplomats "bay" express by barking or howling: a mob baying its approval "At ships" at revolutions as in The Hour That The Ship Comes In "with tattooed" a permanent mark or design such as a RED STAR "Heading for the Gates of Eden" trying to destroy America by penetrating its borders as Communism is 90 miles away from Key West in Cuba. "Hound dogs" as diplomats: Everything is Broken Broken hands on broken ploughs, Broken treaties, broken vows, Broken pipes, broken tools, People bending broken rules.

Hound dog howling, bull frog croaking, Everything is broken.

"Broken hands" broken signatures "on broken ploughs" Isiah 2:4 "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" "Broken treaties" between the Israelis and the Palestinians "broken vows" broken promises of peace "Broken pipes" pipe bombs exploding, fragmenting "broken tools" Palestinians being used as tools, manipulated by others into performing suicidal missions "People bending" Palestinians ignoring or changing rules to suit themselves "broken rules" rules governing human rights that have already been broken by the Israelis "Hound dog" Israeli diplomats "howling" drowning out or silencing peace by loud derisive calls: 'The candidate was howled down at the town meeting'" "bullfrog" soldiers: frog: a military style fastening on a coat consisting of a button and a loop "croaking" dying "Everything is broken." Tarantula, "onward then when Brown Dan, the creep cop - who likes to kill bullfrogs & whose boss keeps saying "he's got a bad knee but you oughta see him run, babe, you oughta see 'm run & chase them little chink lovers when they come down the river."

The foreign sun, it squints upon A bed that is never mine As friends and other strangers From their fates try to resign Leaving men wholly, totally free To do anything they wish to do but die And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden "The foreign" the Communist; Tarantula, "wonder who ronald reagan talked to about the foreign situation? think about it kid, but dont ask any foreigners" "sun" enlightenment "it squints upon" it barely illuminates "a bed" a very basis; a foundation: 'Ownership of land is the bedrock of democracy' "that is never mine" that I can never embrace, reconcile myself to "As friends" as those friendly to the United States "and other strangers" but who are often not treated as such; In 1956 America refused to back the Hungarian Uprising. What was worse was that during the uprising, the Radio Free Europe's Hungarian-language programs broadcast news of the political and military situation, as well as appealing to Hungarians to fight the Soviet forces, including tactical advice on resistance methods. After the Soviet suppression of the revolution, Radio Free Europe was criticized for having misled the Hungarian people that NATO or United Nations would intervene if the citizens continued to resist "From their fates try to resign" try to overthrow their dirty communist overseers "Leaving men" abandoning the Hungarians and leaving them "wholly, totally free" sarcastic, overstatement not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: 'a free press' "To do anything they wish to do but die" to do anything they wished except die trying to destroy the Soviet tanks that rolled in "And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden" and there are no staged Communist show trials in the United States of America! After the failed uprising there was Stalinist show trials, after which thousands of people were hanged and tossed in unmarked graves.

It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) is perhaps Dylan's most insightful anti-Communist poem. He describes the Kremlin as a "stuffed graveyard." Dylan's faith in me was not misplaced as I am finally able to translate these fantastic poems to my own satisfaction.

IT'S ALRIGHT MA (I'M ONLY BLEEDING) 1965 Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child's balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece The hollow horn plays wasted words Proves to warn That he not busy being born Is busy dying.

"The darkness" something exhibiting or stemming from evil characteristics or forces; sinister "at the break" "break" that will weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity; also force out or release suddenly and violently "of noon" at a time to leave or face the consequences; Tarantula, "Doc's gonna have to leave by noon" Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, "would have left this town by noon." I and I, "Noontime, and I'm still pushing myself along the road" also High Noon a 1950's western starring Gary Cooper about a deadly confrontation. Additionally an image of that which occurs during a cataclysmic event such as a nuclear bomb being dropped on a city causing a cloud of radioactive dust to block out the sun "Shadows" causes a shadow government of exiled leaders; a shadow cabinet "even the silver spoon" including the President John F. Kennedy "The handmade blade" the ICBM which has the tapered outline of a blade "the child's balloon" Sputnik, the round Russian satellite "Eclipses both the sun and moon" are in space or in orbit and this is why they block out the sun and moon "To understand you know too soon" and if you understand the imminent danger "There is no sense in trying" sarcastic: it makes no sense in trying to fight Communism.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece The hollow horn plays wasted words Proves to warn That he not busy being born Is busy dying.

"Pointed threats" an object having a sharp or tapered end, missiles "they bluff" pretend to be viable in order to influence the Soviets "with scorn" yet America refuses to do something because it is felt to be undesirable or wrong "Suicide remarks" comments and observations of mutual suicide MMD mutual mass destruction "are torn" are disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn by conflicting party loyalties" "From the fool's" from the leaders of the Republican Party "gold mouthpiece" Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona the spokesperson through which its views are expressed "The hollow" without any real value or worth "horn" a device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker: the electronic media "plays" broadcasts "wasted words" unfruitful Goldwater campaign

speeches "Proves" that establishes the authenticity of "to warn" an admonition of actual or potential harm, danger, or evil from the Soviets and as a result "That he not busy" actively or fully engaged; occupied "being born" "born" being native born to a particular country, region, or place. American-born; a nationalist, a patriot, an extreme anti-Communist "Is busy dying" is in reality committing suicide. Goldwater, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!"

Temptation's page flies out the door You follow, find yourself at war Watch waterfalls of pity roar You feel to moan but unlike before You discover That you'd just be One more person crying.

So don't fear if you hear A foreign sound to your ear It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

"Temptation's" someone who is willing to provoke or to risk provoking the Soviets like a "page" like Senator Barry Goldwater 'Senate page' "flies out the door" is dismissed summarily, an opportunity is wasted "You follow, find yourself at war" you go along with this when you vote Democratic and you find you are fighting in Vietnam as a result of weakened anti-Communism "Watch waterfalls" watch the rising tide of sorrow and "of pity" of Communism. "Pity" sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of others "roar" triumph "roar" a loud deep cry, uttered by a person or crowd, in triumph "You feel to moan" grieve for the death of liberty "but unlike before / You discover / That you'd just be / One more person crying" but this time the Communists have taken over the United States asshole! "So don't fear if you hear" sarcastic: you better fear it "A foreign" a Communist "sound" transmitted vibrations of any frequency: Radio Moscow "to your ear" playing to your sympathy. "It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing" sarcastic: Oh well, I have resigned myself to a Communist takeover of the United States. What are you gonna do?

As some warn victory, some downfall Private reasons great or small Can be seen in the eyes of those that call To make all that should be killed to crawl While others say don't hate nothing at all Except hatred.

"As some warn" notify or apprise in advance "victory" Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev stated 'we will bury you' "some downfall" a sudden loss of rank: a Communist coup in the United States "Private" belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the government "reasons" the basis or motives for an action, decision, or conviction "great or small" involving a lot or a little wealth "Can be seen in the eyes" can be detected in the thoughts "of those that call" demand "To make all that should be killed to crawl" to make the rich act in a servile fashion and if not line them up against the wall and shoot them "While others" opposite or contrary; reverse "say don't hate nothing at all" don't hate people because of class differences "Except hatred" but focus on racial hatred. "Eyes" as thoughts: In Gonna Change My Way of Thinking written during Dylan's Christian period he had this to say about Judaism, "You can mislead a man / You can take a hold of his heart with your eyes."

Disillusioned words like bullets bark As human gods aim for their mark Made everything from toy guns that spark To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark It's easy to see without looking too far That not much Is really sacred.

"Disillusioned words" Communist rhetoric designed to disillusion people about capitalism "like bullets" like missiles "bark" like a barker at a carnival "As human" those subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans "gods" Communist leaders "aim for their mark" mark: slang a person who is the intended victim of a swindler; a dupe "Made everything from toy guns that spark" from Kalashnikovs, that are a vital, animating, or activating factor igniting the spark of revolution "To flesh colored" human "Christs" martyrs "that glow in the dark" that suffer from radiation poisoning "It's easy to see without looking too far" too far to the Left "That not much Is really sacred" that human life is not regarded as too important to be changed or interfered with.

While preachers preach of evil fates Teachers teach that knowledge waits Can lead to hundred-dollar plates Goodness hides behind its gates But even the president of the United States Sometimes must have To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

"While preachers preach of evil fates" while politicians like Barry Goldwater speak in support of the idea that American is headed for Communism and the Soviet Union must be destroyed "Teachers teach" liberal college professors teach "that knowledge waits" that the intellectuals believe that America should wait and not launch a first strike against the Soviets because Communism "Can lead to hundred-dollar plates" can lead to an equal distribution of wealth "plate" a dish passed among the members of a group or congregation for the collection of offerings later some of which will be given to the poor. "Goodness hides" and that decency conceals itself "behind its gates" behind the borders of the Soviet Union "but even the President of the United States / Sometimes must have / To stand naked" but even the President of the United States must tell the truth without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment, even if it is by accident "And though the rules of the road" a set of customary diplomatic practices "have been lodged" have been vested in certain authorities, have been formulated by Americans like Henry Cabot Lodge, an ultra-nationalist conservative Republican advocate of annexation and an aggressive foreign policy. Also Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who was Richard Nixon's running mate in the 1960 presidential election and later served as ambassador to South Vietnam (1963-1967).

"It's only people's games" it only the Soviet's nuclear tipped missiles "that you got to dodge" avoid being hit by, nothing that dangerous "And it's alright ma, I can make it" I can dodge those missiles; "make it, achieve a goal; be successful.

Advertising signs that con you Into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime life outside goes on All around you.

"Advertising signs" communist propaganda "that con you" dupe you "Into thinking you're the one / That can do what's never been done" that you can make a communist revolution in America "That can win what's never been won" that you can win a war against an undefeated United States "Meantime life outside goes on / All around you" during the intervening period Capitalism thrives all around you.

You lose yourself, you reappear You suddenly find you got nothing to fear Alone you stand with nobody near When a trembling distant voice, unclear Startles your sleeping ears to hear That somebody thinks They really found you.

"You lose yourself," you lose your old personality "you reappear" and you reappear as a socialist "You suddenly find you got nothing to fear" sarcastic; you have the U.S. Government to fear "Alone you stand" you stand alone in your idealistic beliefs "with nobody near" without the aid of the Communist Party "When a trembling" uncertain "distant" far removed or apart in time "voice" medium or agency of expression "unclear" confusing or hard to understand "Startles" suddenly awakens "your sleeping ears" dormant sympathies "to hear / That somebody thinks / They really found you" that Karl Marx and the Communist Party have found you.

A question in your nerves is lit Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy Insure you not to quit To keep it in your mind and not fergit That it is not he or she or them or it That you belong to.

Although the masters make the rules For the wise men and the fools I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

"A question in your nerves is lit" do you have the courage to become a card carrying Communist? "Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy" yet you know no rationalization will work "Insure you not to quit" make you not take part in this struggle "To keep it in your mind and not fergit" that will make sure you remember "That it is not he or she or them or it" that it is not individual communists, nor the Communist Party nor communism "That you belong to" that you are a member of "Although the masters" one whose teachings or doctrines are accepted by followers such as Karl Marx "make the rules" creates an authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body "For the wise men" for those exhibiting common sense; prudence; When The Ship Comes In, "And the

ship's wise men / Will remind you once again / That the whole wide world is watchin'" "and the fools" and the armed revolutionaries, Tarantula, "fool! no wonder you want to start a revolution" "I got nothing, Ma, to live up to" my conscience tells me that I have no doctrine to act in accordance with: live up to Communist ideals nor do I need to carry out; fulfill: live up to any sort of bargain I made with the Communist Party USA. For them that must obey authority That they do not respect in any degree Who despise their jobs, their destinies Speak jealously of them that are free Cultivate their flowers to be Nothing more than something They invest in.

"For them that must obey authority" for those poor souls trapped behind the authoritarian Iron Curtain in the Soviet satellite countries who must do the Soviet's bidding "That they do not respect in any degree" who not only despise the Soviets for being Communist but for being Russian, as they are Hungarian, Czechoslovakian etc "Who despise their jobs" as police, intelligence agents "their destinies" all of which has been predetermined for them "Speak jealously of them that are free" really want to be part of the Free World "Cultivate" try to develop a friendship with a person "their flowers to be" who is an informant. Sarcastic: the highest example or best representative of a people or class "Nothing more than something they invest in" not to further Communist ideology but to make money just as the Capitalists do.

While some on principles baptized To strict party platform ties Social clubs in drag disguise Outsiders they can freely criticize Tell nothing except who to idolize And then say God bless him.

"While some" while others "on principles" on truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted "baptized" are initiated, born in to a family that has connections "To strict party platform" to those who issue formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as the Communist party, makes its appeal to the public "ties" this is often through a blood tie or marital ties to the Communist Party elite "Social clubs" capitalist country clubs, "in drag disguise" disguised as opposite of what they really are "Outsiders they can freely criticize" an elite, they can criticize the activities of the Communist Party rank and file "Tell nothing except who to idolize" and tell these Party members who will run for office "And then say God bless him" and swear him in even before he is elected as he is unopposed. In 1956, Yugoslavian dissident Milovan Djilas was arrested for his writings and for his support of the Hungarian Revolution and sentenced to nine years in prison. In 1957 Dilas published The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System, in which he argued that communism in Eastern Europe was not egalitarian, and that it was establishing a new class of privileged party bureaucracy - who enjoyed material benefits from their positions.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in.

But I mean no harm nor put fault On anyone that lives in a vault But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

"While one who sings with his tongue on fire" while those who speak out against the Soviet regime in no uncertain terms; Eleven Outlined Epitaphs, "with melodies of Yevtushenko" Yevtushenko, through his poetry, was the first voice to speak out against Stalinism. Yevtushenko became one of the best known poets of the 1950s and 1960s in the Soviet Union. "Gargles in the rat race choir" refuses to be part of the culture of informing on others. Some Other Kinds of Songs, "you tell me about politics / this that /you speak of rats" "Bent out of shape from society's pliers" Yevtushenko's maternal grandfather had been a Red Army officer during the Russian Revolution and the Civil War but both of Yevtushenko's grandfathers were arrested as "enemies of the people" in 1937 during Stalin's purges. "Cares not to come up any higher" was kicked out of the Soviet Literary Institute for individualism "But rather get you down in the hole / That he's in." rather get you in a deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon. Yevtushenko was confined to the Soviet Union "But I mean no harm nor put fault" sarcastic: I would like to kill the Communists who bare the blame for the persecution this poet "On anyone that lives in a vault" on anyone that lives in a country where you have to get an exit visa from the Government to get out of, a vast minimum security prison known as The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. "But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him" so who cares what the Left thinks of me.

Old lady judges watch people in pairs Limited in sex, they dare To push fake morals, insult and stare While money doesn't talk, it swears Obscenity, who really cares Propaganda, all is phony.

"Old lady judges" Soviet journalists. Memphis Blues Again "the ladies treat me kindly and furnish me with tape" recording tape for interviews "watch" keep a watchful eye on; guard, take their cues from "people in pairs" people who are joined, who have similar beliefs that are dependent upon each other, Communists, collectivists "Limited in sex" not having balls "they dare" they only have the courage to "To push fake morals" promote the lesson or principle contained in or taught by an event from a Communist perspective "insult" give offense; offend the Free World "and stare" be imminent or unavoidable like Pravda or Radio Moscow "While money doesn't talk, it swears" while the Soviet media is highly critical of the influence of wealth in America "Obscenity, who really cares" who really cares if someone amasses an amount of money that is objectionable or outrageous, 'obscenely rich.' "Propaganda" the organized promotion of information to damage the cause of a government "all is phony" is prima fascia false.

While them that defend what they cannot see With a killer's pride, security It blows the minds most bitterly For them that think death's honesty Won't fall upon them naturally Life sometimes Must get lonely.

"While them that defend what they cannot see" while those who defend a government without understanding its true character or nature "With a killer's pride" with an impressive group of killers "security" and measures adopted by a government to prevent espionage, sabotage, or attack such as those implemented by the MVD in Russia "It blows their minds most bitterly" it is incomprehensible, difficult or distasteful for these security police to accept, admit, or bear "For them that think death's honesty" that the moral soundness and appropriateness of death "Won't fall upon them naturally" will be the result of their execution "Life sometimes / Must get lonely" understatement, their lives must be depressing.

My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards False gods, I scuff At pettiness which plays so rough Walk upside-down inside handcuffs Kick my legs to crash it off Say okay, I have had enough What else can you show me?

"My eyes" my thoughts "collide head-on with" are diametrically opposed to "stuffed graveyards" the Kremlin where the bodies of Lenin and Stalin were displayed.

"Stuffed" filled to restore the natural form for mounting or display "False gods, I scuff" I reject these communist dictators "At pettiness" petty offenses against Stalin "which plays so rough" which were punished by death or imprisonment "Walk upside-down inside handcuffs" go through life singing songs that are the opposite of what I believe in because I have been rendered ineffective or impotent "Kick my legs to crash it off" use my rational thought to smash it to pieces "Say okay, I have had enough" I had enough of this Communist bullshit "What else can you show me?" what else can you reveal to me about yourself that is worse than Joe Stalin? "And if my thought-dreams could be seen" and if my counter-revolutionary beliefs were ever made public "They'd probably put my head in a guillotine" I would be treated in the same fashion as counter-revolutionaries were treated during the French Revolution "But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only" but my conscience does not bother me about what happens to the State Security Services after Communism is overthrown, since it is just a matter of life and death, nothing really consequential.