Negativland - Sycamore lyrics

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("Firing party....ready....")<br />

Sycamore ... is open.<br />

("...aim...fire! BANG")<br />

That's how Sycamore opened.<br />

That's how....Sycamore is.<br />

(guns.)<br />

I say this somewhat quietly and without fanfare, because ...<br />

(HOW ARE YOU VOTING ON THE GUN INITIATIVE?)<br />

Well ...<br />

(i'm against it.)<br />

Because ... people who like their living green and private don't<br />

Usually appreciate a lot of fluttering flags and cartwheeling clowns.<br />

(THERE ARE 17 MILLION ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA, AND AN ESTIMATED 4<br />

MILLION<br />

HANDGUNS.)<br />

(but<br />

that's not fair!)<br />

(WHEN NO MORE CAN BE SOLD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF<br />

ADULTS<br />

WILL BE VIRTUALLY PROHIBITED FROM EVER OWNING ONE.)<br />

When this vacation land is sold out ...<br />

(THAT'S RIGHT!)<br />

(DID YOU KNOW IT GIVES SOME PEOPLE A SPECIAL PROPERTY<br />

RIGHT?)<br />

(you mean, my neighbor can have something legally that i can't.)<br />

So if you've always admired parts of Piedmont, or Orinda....<br />

(WELL, YOU COULD BUY ONE, IF YOU CAN CONVINCE SOMEONE TO SELL<br />

YOU HIS,<br />

AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY HIS PRICE.)<br />

And regret you didn't buy there ten or fifteen years ago,<br />

Sycamore should have considerable appeal. <br />

(THAT'S RIGHT!)<br />

It is a custom community of personalized....<br />

(guns.)<br />

For the private pleasure of a limited number of families.<br />

(IT ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO ALRE<br />

ADY OWN HANDGUNS TO KEEP THEM.)<br />

After all, you aren't going to find a finished big blue mountain<br />

Lake in California that isn't full of boats and people, (guns.)<br />

And surrounded by cars. This opening is just the beginning....<br />

Of something people will want a Sunday drive through, for the next<br />

Couple of hundred years.