Monster
1969 · Dunhill DS-50067 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Steppenwolf
- Title
- Monster
- Release
- Monster
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Dunhill # DS-50067
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Psychedelic Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Draft Resister already in draft section. Other song for anti-war section. "Monster" "'Cause the people got fat and grew lazy Now their vote is like a meaningless joke You know they talk about law, about order But it's all just an echo of what they've been told 'Cause there's a monster on the loose It's got our heads into a noose And it just sits there watchin' Our cities have turned into jungles And corruption is stranglin' the land The police force is watching the people And the people just can't understand We don't know how to mind our own business 'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us Now we are fighting a war over there No matter who's the winner, we can't pay the cost America where are you now? Don't you care about your sons and daughters? Don't you know we need you now We can't fight alone against the monster"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Draft Resister already in draft section. Other song for anti-war section. "Monster" "'Cause the people got fat and grew lazy / Now their vote is like a meaningless joke / You know they talk about law, about order / But it's all just an echo of what they've been told / 'Cause there's a monster on the loose / It's got our heads into a noose / And it just sits there watchin' / Our cities have turned into jungles / And corruption is stranglin' the land / The police force is watching the people / And the people just can't understand / We don't know how to mind our own business / 'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us / Now we are fighting a war over there / No matter who's the winner, we can't pay the cost / America where are you now? / Don't you care about your sons and daughters? / Don't you know we need you now / We can't fight alone against the monster"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Rock band formed 1967 in Los Angeles, California ('Monster', 'Draft Resister'). [Source: Wikipedia]