A Nation of Finks (The Life & Times of Perry Noid)
ode to William S. Burroughs
written by Jason Barrett

The Spooks
the Gov
the FBI
A nation of finks
w/ invading eyes
The Pigs
the church
the IRS
the neighborhood watch
you’re under arrest

They’re trapping me in celluloid
don’t just call me paranoid
I tell you they’re following me

The Blacks
the whites
the Mexicans
the chinks w/ the stores
the East Indians
The suits
the filth
the middle-class
A bum w/ a cup
in his outstretched hands

The microphones are everywhere
in the walls & in my hair
I tell you they’re following me
They’re trapping me in celluloid
don’t just call me paranoid
I tell you they’re following me

The gays
the straights
the lesbians
w/ their kinky sex fetishes
they're doin' us in
The schools
the courts
the shopping malls
w/ their satellites
they can see it all