The Freedom of the Press EP

by John Dog

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The Freedom of the Press EP consists of songs written in 2011 as the News International phone hacking scandal broke in earnest.

credits

released 30 March 2012
All songs written by Raymond Butler and performed by John Dog.

Strings on Sonny Jim and accordion on The News of Adelaide by Paul Harvey.

Cover design by Jasper Taggart.

Illustration: "The Yellow Kid" by Richard Felton Outcault, from his comic strip Hogan's Alley, circa 1898

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John Dog is a singer and songwriter from Galway, Ireland who somehow wound up based in London, England. A true believer in the popular song, his own are often wordy, arguably tuneful, occasionally funny, but - the John Dog Guarantee - always short.

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Track Name: Normal Service Will Soon Be Resumed
I must apologise for jumping up and down
When I saw the flashbulbs chase you down the street
What goes around here doesn't always come around
When you make insane deception look like falling off a log
It's just nice to see you trip over the tail that wags the dog

In the magic factories where they make the doom and gloom
Even the experts found it difficult to lie
So many elephants were packed into the room
You could barely raise your hands to cover up your eyes and ears
Even the darkest of the arts couldn't make them disappear
Not today

So goodbye, so long - you'll be back, I presume
Though I hope that I'm wrong
That normal service will soon be resumed

I must apologise for sounding like a loon
When I say that they don't tell us everything
I'm really pretty sure they put folks on the moon
I'm just not so sure we choose who we suspect and who we trust
The media control the Jews just as much as the rest of us

So goodbye, so long - you'll be back, I presume
Though I hope that I'm wrong
That normal service will soon be resumed
Track Name: The Freedom of the Press
Your house
Certainly not a poor house
I couldn't help but notice as I spent the night outside
My trusty long lens by my side
For a cheeky glimpse of what's inside
But you had to go and close the blinds

Your house
Well you could say it's my house
I paved the way along your path to glory and success
I took THAT picture of THAT dress
So you better let me in unless
You want those other pictures getting out there
It's only fair

Go where you please, taking all liberties
It's your freedom unless
You have the gall to succeed then you give it to me
That's the Freedom of the Press

It's so sweet
Cos if you trash it
We'll bleat
That you're a fascist
And while lords and ladies stroke their chins
I'll be here going through your bins
Until you break and let me in
And we have a real good heart-to-heart
Now, was that so hard?

Go where you please, taking all liberties
It's your freedom unless
You have the gall to succeed then you give it to me
Then it's the Freedom of the Press

Give us a smile, love
Go on and give us a smile, love
Give us a smile, love
You better give us a smile
Track Name: Sonny Jim
There's not a sound and it's dark here in the office
As I look down on city streets we used to own

And if I go down, my old friend, you're coming with me
You may wear the crown, but that can change - and pretty quickly
So before you make your move
You may want to stop and remember who you learned it from

With just a mouse I could blow this whole thing open
Blow down your house
My finger only has to twitch
Have you thought it out?
What kind of mercy are you hoping for
From a town whose dirty secrets made you rich?

And if I go down, my old friend, you're coming with me
You may wear the crown, but that can change - and pretty quickly
So before you make your move
You may want to stop and remember who you learned it from
Track Name: The News of Adelaide
I looked into the camera
I spoke the words you wrote
We had to give them something now they have their fucking quote
I remember saying sorry for mistakes they said I made
But all that I could think of was the News of Adelaide

We'd see the competition's office
Up there on the hill
Though I own them now they're somehow looking down upon me still
I tore their grand old building down nearly forty years ago
Now it's all that I can see out my Manhattan office window

So now I have to leave you
But I'm sure you understand
For we have never flinched from what the situation demands
It's a funny kind of loyalty
In the plying of our trade:
The blackmail of the royalty
In the News of Adelaide