Name: Arcadia Nouveaux
Duration: P00H03M06S
Description: This song is the Hymn of the 99% (not really). It's a spinning of an experience I had house-sitting in a gated community--it's somebody without wealth railing against their situation. However, I would like to emphasize that I am NOT the speaker of the song. (The rich people I house-sat for were actually quite nice.)

Arcadia Nouveaux

from Brilliant Liars by Don Kongo

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This song is the Hymn of the 99% (not really). It's a spinning of an experience I had house-sitting in a gated community--it's somebody without wealth railing against their situation. However, I would like to emphasize that I am NOT the speaker of the song. (The rich people I house-sat for were actually quite nice.)

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Pull up to an electronic wrought-iron gate;
You've got gold leaf upon your door,
My car's from 1994,
Look at the palace that you own,
Sure, it's a house--but it's not home.
Smiling at you, though I want to smash your face;
You're so pretentious that it hurts,
You like to poke me where it hurts,
I'm sure your husband gets around,
But don't let the bastard get you down.

Cleaning your pool, feeding your koi,
I don't even know why I'm here.
Oh wait, I do; I'm here because I need money.

In this foreign mansion, I feel so alone, locked away from everybody else.
Something must be wrong in living here--in Arcadia Nouveaux!

Fine then, lady, I don't really even care.
Oh, you'll regret it all someday,
Living six tax brackets away,
That's really all I have to say...

Now I'm leaving, finally I'm going home.

Leaving Arcadia Nouveaux.

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from Brilliant Liars, released February 14, 2014

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