MP and Friends
Make Em Think It's Art
Words
Mike Peterson
Music
Mike Peterson
PJ Geerlings
Bill Giles
Vocals
Rob Masters(Rob Schwarz)
PJ Geerlings
Bill Giles
Mike Peterson
Guitars, Keyboards
PJ Geerlings
Guitar
Joey Carducci
Bass
Bill Giles
Drums
Mike Peterson
About
This was the one of the last pieces recorded at the church
I no longer worked at Fender, and had moved to an apartment in Chattsworth
It was harder to finish than most, but..we finished..just in time
Lyrics
You can make the people stand in line
All night to see you play
Make em' buy your records
By the thousands every day
Make em' think you're greater than
The greatest superstar
Make em' fall in love with you
By playing your guitar
But can you make em' think it's art
You can fill the Grand Ol' Opry hall
In Nashville Tennessee
Win every country song award
They give out on TV
At every Texas barbecue
The cowboys drinking beer
Will be whistling your melodies
While they're butchering a steer
But can you make em' think it's art
You can make em' hate the president
And make em' give up hope
Sing songs describing grisly ways
Of murdering the pope
Tell em' all that's wrong about
The stinking human race
Make em' scream obscenities
While you're spitting in their face
But can you make em' think it's art
You can deafen them with decibels
From fifty Marshall stacks
With a custom made guitar
Shaped like a bloody battle axe
You can sing sweet songs to satan
While crawling in the mud
Bite the heads off rabid bats
And smear yourself with blood
But can you make em' think it's art