Name: Swallow A Dream
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: Remember when Prozac was hailed as a miracle drug? Here's a song from the perspective of a kid who wants nothing to do with a world of mandatory psychoactive drug administering. It was set in the future- although now the future is here! 2016!

Swallow A Dream

from Firepop by Bibi Farber

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Remember when Prozac was hailed as a miracle drug? Here's a song from the perspective of a kid who wants nothing to do with a world of mandatory psychoactive drug administering. It was set in the future- although now the future is here! 2016!

lyrics

Swallow A Dream words and music copyright Bibi Farber 1998

I'm spending all of my time
trying to see the truth between the lies
I'm wondering where I can find
somewhere to go where I don't have to know
all about your medicine
threw it out again today

gone are your difficulties
shoot through the day with composure and ease
cosmetically altered personalities
it's all done with chemicals
they’re calling the miracles
go take your medicine
you can have a sharper day

all I want is to feel what I feel
2016
all I want is what's real to be real
don't let me swallow that
don't let me swallow that dream

reach in and reset your brain
this medication isn't just for the pain
why fail when you can succeed?
it comes in a bottle gives you just what you need
why don't you go into the store
they've got them all on display

all I want is to feel what I feel
2016
all I want is what's real to be real
don't let me swallow that
don't let me swallow that …

I'm wondering when did they decide to cosmetically alter
all behavior that falters?
strong lean high self-esteem
it's right here for sale
it's guaranteed not to fail

but there's one small side effect:
you might begin to think it's true

all I want is to feel what I feel
2016 all I want is what's real to be real
don't let me swallow that don't let me swallow that dream

credits

from Firepop, released June 18, 2015
Bibi Farber: Vocals and Guitar, Hammond B3
Richard Lloyd: Guitar
Peter Stuart: Bass
Mark Ambrosino: Drums

Produced by Richard Lloyd
Recorded by Gene Holder

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