Malvina Reynolds - Let Them Eat Cake lyrics

Let them eat cake Said Marie Antoinette So they chopped off her head Until she was dead The solution was drastic The story's fantastic They talk of it yet Let them eat cake So they feed us on cake It's loaded with sugar The flavor's a fake We think we have eaten They say it's a treat But when it's all over Our stomach says, "Buddy, when do we eat!" Let them eat cake So they feed us on lies Icky with color They dazzle the eyes They sound and they sound As though something's been said But the questions we're asking Keep rolling around in our head Let them eat cake Said Marie Antoinette So they feed us on twinkies While they eat the meat They stuff us with plastic They tell us it's great And we gag at the colored pollution They put on the plate Let them eat cake From the frozen food bin A concoction of nothing With air beaten in We eat and are hungry Their word is a lie And if we leave their heads on We'll die