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Treat the Disease

from Good Times, Good Times by shwa losben

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there’s a greed in the air, there’s a boss in his lair and he’s scheming
plotting a coup, and there’s nothing to do but to wait
gathered around with their heads to the ground are the heroes
stuffing bills in their bags as they're waving their flags of defeat

And we’re fooling ourselves

You can do what you wanna
Believe what you wanna believe
If you wanna treat the symptoms
then you gotta treat the disease

it’s the same old site as we try as we might nothing changes
it’s a rerun show it's a plan that you know’s gonna fail
repeating the past as the operative cast rearranges
where money is king and everything is for sale

And we’re fooling ourselves…
You can do what you wanna…

there’s a greed in the air, and nobody dares to fight it
we’re just carrying on, ignoring the wrong that we see
there’s a greed all around it’s weighing us down and we know it
the problem’s the same and it’s no way to tame the disease

You can do what you wanna…
it’s a call to arms, it’s the longest con, when nobody’s looking you can do what you want

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from Good Times, Good Times, released May 25, 2010
Shwa Losben: vocals, acoustic guitar
Matt Bogdanow: drums
Mike Cottone: trumpet
Bryan Dunn: electric guitar, backing vocals
Phil Galitzine: bass
Jay Rapoport: piano

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shwa losben San Francisco, California

Originally hailing from Philadelphia, Shwa Losben is a Bay Area transplant whose indie-folk style has garnered comparisons to Elliott Smith and Neil Young.

His earworm melodies and sophisticated songwriting earned him the ASCAP Robert Allen Songwriting Award.

On his upcoming release "You Would Have Loved It," Losben blends intricate stories with elements of Britpop and 90s rock. ... more

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