(Van Morrison)
Did you ever hear about the great deception
Well the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run

Have you ever been down to love city
Where they rip you off with a smile
And it don't take a gun


Don't it hurt so bad in love city
Don't it make you not want to bother at all

And don't they look so self righteous
When they pin you up against the wall


Did you ever, ever see the people
With the tear drops in their eyes
I just can't stand it, stand it no how

Living in this world of lies

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singers

Got three or four Cadillacs
Saying power to the people, dance to the music
Wants you to pat him on the back


Have you ever heard about the great Rembrandt
Have you ever heard about how he could paint

And he didn't have enough money for his brushes
And they thought it was rather quaint


But you know it's no use repeating
And you know it's no use to think about it
'Cause when you stop to think about it

You don't need it

Have you ever heard about the great Hollywood motion picture

actor
Who knew more than they did
And the newspapers didn't cover the story

Just decided to keep it hid.

Somebody started saying it was an inside job

Whatever happened to him?
Last time they saw him down on the Bow'ry
With his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin


Have you ever heard about the so-called hippies
Down on the far side of the tracks

They take the eyeballs straight out of your head
Say son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back


Did you ever see the people
With the tear drops in their eyes
Just can't stand it no how

Living in this world of lies