The Maharishi Vedic City Blues

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lyrics

The Maharishi Vedic City Blues

A hundred years before
The Maharishis came to town,
one family’s farm began to feed
its neighbors from the ground.
They’re trying to run the family off—
“…and we’ll pay you for your pain,
but if you don’t sell, we’ll steal it.
It’s called eminent domain.”

The cult that came to Iowa
bought a school, and then the town.
They tried to take a family’s farm
so they could tear it down.
But not a single one had worn
a pair of working shoes…
It’s food for thought, those
Maharishi Vedic City Blues.

There’s too much history, too much at stake--
the farmer needs a living, the farmer needs a break.
There’s no consideration, no common sense--
just too much fiber, too much incense.

When they started talking Sanskrit
it was more scary than funny.
Declared themselves all organic,
and even printed their own money.
It didn’t matter the town attorney
was in bed with the little mayor--
they were all in league to screw the man
with the farm that was already there.

The nuts that came to Iowa
preached “expansion” and “ideals,”
but all they really seem to do
is meditate their shady deals.
The peace-nazis don’t ever want
to walk in another’s shoes…
it’s food for thought, these
Maharishi Vedic City Blues.