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Bkueprints of Ruins

from Blueprints of Ruins by Jim Perry

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Ken Jason's lyric was the inspiration for this whole project. A really great metaphor,

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Paradise is just a dream
The Great Society is dead
Utopia is crumbling
Dreams are only in your head

Industry holds the leash
Society wags its tail
Assembly line is doin’ time
While the boss is out on bail

CHORUS: And the blueprints of ruins
Pretend to make us free
And the architects of illusion
Have become too blind to see

Freedom is a fantasy
A re-election campaign
We make the same mistakes
Again & again & again & again

The terror network threatens
The special interests rule
Reality TV beckons
Where crazy is somehow cool

CHORUS:

Paradise is just a dream
Someone’s ‘vision thing’
The words, they tell of hope
But there is no song to sing

The Fox is in the henhouse
Picking at your brain
In the name of entertainment
And fifteen minutes of fame

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from Blueprints of Ruins, released July 1, 2007
Produced, written and performed by Jim Perry
Lyrics by Ken Jason

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Jim Perry Worcester, Massachusetts

Jim Perry has had a long and legendary career in central New England. Through the years, he has played with some of the best talent in the Boston/Worcester music scene.

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