Brainwashed

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Hill & Range Songs BMI

Chord file

Lyrics:

You look like a real human being
But you don't have a mind of your own
Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe
You can work, you can stitch, you can sew
But you're brainwashed
Yes you are, yes you are
Get down on your knees

You've got a job and a house
And a wife, and your kids and a car
Yeah, you're conditioned to be
What they want you to be
And be happy to be where you are
Yes you are
Get down on your knees
Get down on your knees

The aristocrats and bureaucrats
Are dirty rats
For making you what you are
They're up there and you're down here
You're on the ground and they're up with the stars
All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around
Till you can't take any more
To them you're just a speck of dirt
But you don't want to get up off the floor
Mister you're just brainwashed

They give you social security
Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity
Yeah, you're contented to be
What they want you to be
And to do what they want you to
Yes you are, yes you are
Get down on your knees

This song can be found on the following releases:

stereo mix (2:32), recorded May-Jun 1969 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix (2:32), recorded May-Jun 1969 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono reduction of stereo mix (2:32), recorded May-Jun 1969 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

live, stereo mix (2:57), recorded 2 Mar, 1972 at Carnegie Hall, New York

live, stereo mix (2:59), recorded 3 Mar, 1972 at Carnegie Hall, New York

live, stereo mix, Mike Cotton Sound intro edited out (2:32), recorded 3 Mar, 1972 at Carnegie Hall, New York

stereo mix, by The Pinkos, recorded 2001 at Egg Studios, Seattle, Washington

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