Weekly Reader Got It All Wrong

Russ Johnson Jr. - © 2003 russjohnsongs

(Comment:  Whatever happened to all the cool gadgets and lifestyle 
they told us we'd have when we grew up? They tricked us !  
Where is my jet pack, anyway ?)

I can't take a vacation on Mars
There's no way to fly by the stars
Wasn't I supposed to have a jet pack by now?
Spend my time looking down from the clouds to the ground

My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island
My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island School
My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island School
Give me all my money back - my money back please
The future from the past has no guarantees?

I can't call you by the videophone
And where's the robots we're supposed to own?
I'm not working no 20 hours a week
And that's not Esperanto we speak

My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island School
My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island School
My Weekly Reader got it all wrong
They tricked all the kids in Crow Island School
Give me all my money back - my money back please
The future from the past has no guarantees?
Give me all my money back
Give me all my money . . .
Give me all my money back - my money back please

Can't even travel by monorail
No atomic powered cars for sale

Don't complain there's nothing in the fridge for snacks
The food replicator makes beans and franks !
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Song		Weekly Reader Was Wrong
Music		Rick Whitehouse (all music)-the following instruments & equipment are
featured on this album: 1971 Gibson Les Paul Recording Guitar, Epiphone SG  
Guitar, Korg D12 digital multitrack, Roland GR300 guitar synthesizer, 
Yamaha QY100 Sequencer, Electrovoice dynamic microphone, Multitrack Studio Software

Vocals		Rick Whitehouse (lead and harmonies), 	Russ Johnson (alternating vocals)
Lyrics 		Russ Johnson
Engineering	Rick Whitehouse (mixing / mastered)
Recorded At	The Hindquarters - Madison, Wisc.
		(Portions recorded at HQSouth - Lexington, NC)
Date		April 2003