THE TIMES THEY AREN'T A-CHANGIN'

Or at least they won't be if certain powers stay in power.

Fun Boy Three wrote "The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum" back in 1981, so why do they sound so current? Why did similar sentiments come to mind when I heard the rhetoric of John McCain in last night's debate? Given that lyricist Terry Hall was referring to Ronald Reagan when he used the word "cowboy," and that President's recent resurrection as a hero, I guess it makes a certain chilling sense. (I can't remember, could Reagan actually pronounce "nuclear"?)

I see a clinic full of cynics
Who want to twist the peoples' wrist
They're watching every move we make
We're all included on the list

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum

Go nuclear the cowboy told us
And who am I to disagree
'Cos when the madman flips the switch
The nuclear will go for me

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum

I've seen the faces of starvation
But I just cannot see the point
'Cos there's so much food here today
That no one wants to take away

The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my right to choose
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my point of view

The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my dignity,
Take these things away from me

The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my family,
Take away the right to speak
The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my point of view,
Take away my right to choose