One World, One Bank
words and music by Roy Zimmerman
© 2004
(From "Security")

I see a future where we're all in one big tent together talking
On cell phones, to people in some other tent somewhere
And I see a future where poverty and starvation have been eliminated
From all news coverage

I see a future where there are no wars
Just corporate-sponsored police actions with play-by-play on ESPN
And I see a future where concern for privacy is a thing of the past
Because privacy, my friends, is a thing of the past

I see a future where major motion pictures
Are nothing but bald-faced hour-and-a-half-long commercials
For talking toys and automatic weapons
And I see a future where we never have to handle anything again
We just buy stuff over the internet and have someone else throw it away for us

One world, one bank, one insurance provider
One big media conglomerate run by one megalomaniac
For your safety and convenience

I see a future where children of every race and creed and color
Have equal opportunity to make running shoes for 12 cents an hour
Where all obstacles to human development — rain forests, environmentalism, ethics — have been washed away forever
Where one man with guts and determination, and an idea that could revolutionize the automobile industry
Can disappear without a trace

I see a future where slavery... is good again
And I see a future of licensed merchandise and fast-food tie-ins
Where even the second coming is cross-promoted (Get it?)

In one world, one bank, one processed food provider
One big health-care conglomerate run by one greedy bastard
For your safety and convenience

I see a future where people's diversity is recognized
And squelched at an early age
Where all of humanity is united in the fight against
Whatever horrifying shit we've disturbed trying to colonize space

I see a future where the image of Gandhi is used to sell a computer
Wait, that happened already!
And I see a future where Iraq does not have the bomb
And Korea does not have the bomb
And Pakistan does not have the bomb
And Microsoft does

In one world, one sperm bank, one assisted suicide provider
One big maximum security theme park
Run by the same guy who tells the President what to say
For your safety and convenience
Your convenience