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| Pussy Riot, the all-female Russian punk band, jailed for singing a protest song about Putin. Source: Google Images |
"Short people got no reason..."
"They got little hands, little eyes."
"They walk around tellin' great big lies..."
Sound familiar Russia? Amazing how song lyrics reflect real life, is it not?
Clearly Randy Newman had no way of foreseeing the rise of your very own Short People: Putin/Medvedev Inc.
However, he like the rest of us who study history, has a long well documented list of mini men who became dictators from which to draw inspiration for these lyrics.
Perfect analogies to what Russia faces today.
"They got little noses, and tiny little teeth."
"They wear platform shoes on their nasty little feet..."
They have no tolerance for freedom, despise free speech.
They jail young women, who use art to teach.
They fear losing power, knowing death is at hand.
That's why they locked up the girls in the band.
Little bitty men, with tiny little hearts.
Tore young lovers and families apart.
No sense of value, chained up in pride.
Nothin but darkness and evil inside.
"They got little baby legs, that stand so low."
"You gotta pick em up, just to say hello."
They got little baby ears stuck to tiny round domes.
Full of bad ideas for you folks back home.
You threw out the czar, and the Nazis' too.
Best kill Vlad before he gets you.
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