The Fletcher Memorial Home

from Floydian Slips by Garrett Hicks

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Roger Waters Tribute 3 of 3
Written by Roger Waters. First appeared on The Final Cut (1983). This was included to showcase Waters's recent politically-infused works.

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Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home, a little place of their own.
The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings.

They can appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit T.V.
To make sure they're still real.
It's the only connection they feel.

[Spoken]:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Reagan and Haig,
Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher and Paisly,
Mr. Brezhnev and party.
The ghost of McCarthy,
And the memories of Nixon.
And now, adding color, a group of anonymous Latin-
American meatpacking glitterati!"

Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?
They can polish their medals and sharpen their smiles,
And amuse themselves playing games for awhile.
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead.

Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye
their favorite toy
They'll be good girls and boys
In the Fletcher Memorial Home for colonial Wasters of life and limb.

Is everyone in?
Are you having a nice time?
(Good night!)
Now the final solution can be applied.

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from Floydian Slips, released June 4, 2011
Vocals: Garrett
Backing Track: Songsterr users Leland and walter [sic]

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