Nero

Nero

Nero's watching video while Rome begins to burn
Nero's wearing roller skates so he can quickly turn
Get away from all he does and what to see or what to hear
Nero's wearing headphones and they stretch from ear to ear
Nero's got a private world for which the heart may yearn
Nero's watching video while Rome begins to burn

Tension on the TV, a world out of control
Wounded people weeping, they never touch his soul
Nero's changing channels, Nero's moving on
Nero's feet are moving to a very different song

Oh Nero, can't you hear them?
Don't you ever feel the pain?
The words go through his ears
But they never touch his brain

Nero, he's watching video
Nero, he's at the disco
Nero, he doesn't want to know
Nero, he's watching video

He's moving out, he's moving up, he's always moving on
Nero moves his body to a thousand different songs
Nero is the product of an advertiser's dream
He took in all the slogans, he's part of the machine

Nero, do you realize
There's another world outside
Where the poor
Keep getting poorer
And the hungry
Just die

Nero, he's watching video
Nero, he's at the disco
Nero, he doesn't want to know
Nero, he's watching video
Nero, he's at the disco
Nero, he doesn't want to know
Nero, Nero, Nero, Nero ...

So if you wanna talk and act like a zero
You can take a lesson from Mister Nero

Nero!

Written by Garth Hewitt. Recorded by Steve Taylor on "United We Will Stand" by The Continentals

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