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Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K
Someone must have been telling lies about Joe
Arrested last night on a tip-off, a rumour
Now the judge calls for silence in court
To see if someone here’s been telling lies about Joe, about Josef K

Good morning, Your Honour! From the prosecution stand
We’re here to point fingers of blame
See this man in the dock, this snivelling wreck
Undeserving of our sympathies’ claim
He’s clearly a scoundrel, a maverick, immoral
Always seeking an outcome extreme
It’s time the fighters of freedom were reined in by culture
Back from the edge of the impossible dream

As the prosecution’ words echo right round the court
It’s the defence, and Joe’s mounting his own

My surname is K, my friends call me Joe
And it’s clear for all gathered here to see
The facts as they stand are I denounce the bland
And strive for the right to be free
Now it may seem immoral to transgress the normal
Break out of the safe gilded cage
Not with lies and deception, but honest reflection
Redefine the spirit of the age

We’ve heard prosecution and defence, now the jury retires
To deliberate and seal our man’s fate

Fellow jurors gathered here, we’ve heard fact, opinion and claim
Our task is to tease out the truth which burns with a delicate flame
Is convention our yardstick? Hypocrisy? Lies?
Who’s thinking? Who’s meaning? Who’s say?
Has someone here been telling lies, lies about Josef K?

Now silence in court! It’s time for the verdict…
Guilty as charged!
Mr K, you’ve been found out, a threat to society
A master criminal at large
Your crimes? Always seeking with a stack of half truths
Self-deception and self-delusion are rife
I have only one sentence for crimes such as yours
The sentence, as always, is life

Subjective, imperfect, historic or fictive?
Why let the facts get in the way?

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from Are you thinking what I'm thinking?, released October 1, 2012
James Bar Bowen

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James Bar Bowen Huddersfield, UK

Acoustic folk punk singer-songwriter with attitude. Award-winning songs to make you laugh, cry and rage.
Original, unusual, controversial, political, heart-felt, tear-jerking, angry, inspired, humorous, iconoclastic, sentimental, anti-fascist, engaging, intelligent ... more

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