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Smart Lyrics by Jason Orbaum

Not For Broadcast Original Soundtrack

2022

[Verse 1]
There was a time before, a little after the war
When the finest minds would have the deepest roar
And we would celebrate the things they told us to hate
And there were many things to keep us smart
They closed the libraries and gave us cable TV
They gave us people who know nothing as celebrities
Gave us sugary food, drugs to regulate our mood
And they took all the things that make us smart
[Chorus]
Keep me out of the stupid
Keep me out of the dark
Sell me into enlightenment
Let me disembark
[Verse 2]
Just give us Stephen Hawking, give us Aaron Sorkin
Give us Dolly Parton singing, David Attenborough talking
Give us Allen Moore, give us Radio 4
Just give us anything that keeps us smart
Give us the Hitchhiker's Guide, give us Stephen Fry
Give us everybody else involved in making QI
Give us the V&A, give us Ai Weiwei
Give us everything that makes us smart
[Chorus]
Leave me out of your tweeting
Leave me out of your trends
Sell me into the sanity
Of my family and friends
[Verse 3]
Give us novels to forage, Hari Seldon's knowledge
Give us Lyra when she's setting off from Jordan College
Give us Gorky Park, give us Arthur C. Clarke
Give us anything that keeps us smart
Give us Slaughterhouse Five, Tarantino's vibes
Give us Roddenberry, Gormenghast, and under his eye
Give us Bernard Shaw, give us Michael Moore
Give us everything that keeps us smart
[Break]
[Verse 4]
Give us a chance to grow in ways we never dreamt of before
A college of enlightenment and music and more
Lead us deep into temptation through that beautiful door
Give us anything to keep us smart
Give us oranges and clockwork, give us twenty-two catches
Give us Morrison, Milligan, and Gaiman’s dispatches
Give us Sylvia Plath, give us Tolstoy and Kafka
And anything that keeps us smart
[Verse 5]
Give us Rhinehart's dice, Winterfell's ice
Give me Frank Sinatra singing "...[that] They Named It Twice
Give us Frodo's journey, give us Bert and Ernie
Give us anything that keeps us smart
So I guess in conclusion, we're expecting confusion
And an ever-growing incidence of self-delusion
So we'll all complain inside our echo chambers
And there's nothing left to keep us smart
[Outro]
Just give me Stephen Hawking, give me Aaron Sorkin
The Dolly Parton singing, give me Attenborough talking
Give us Allen Moore, give us Radio 4
Give us anything that keeps us smart
Credits
Jason Orbaum

Jason Orbaum

About “Smart” by Jason Orbaum

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