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Scandal! (performed by Louis Barabbas and the cast)

from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy by Louis Barabbas

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lyrics

It's all over the news
But between the lines and under the story
Leaving clues
Just when you've decided there's nothing more
You can possibly lose
There's a whole lot of nothing
With your name on
From which to choose
It's a cruel world
Would you have it any other way?

Here we are
The media
Standing guard
Over our
Little patch of history
Decency?
That's news to me.
Desperate times
Desperate measures
Despite all your best endeavours
Such a crime
Lasts forever
So condemn them
At your leisure

Conscience no chance
Whatever the circumstance
Conscience no chance
Don't care if it's happenstance
Conscience no chance
The press shall lead the first advance
Just one
Question

What's the worst thing you can think of?
Come on, you can do better than that.
I urge you to reach down low
Plumb depths you did not know
Any human could sink to
Oh but hey
Let's not get carried away

His siblings are his children
His children are his siblings
It's a wonder it don't fill them
With crippling misgivings
Incest
Regicide
Look at how the standards slide
Poor old Cal
What a sucker
Turns out her's a mother ---

What's the worst thing you can think of?
Come on, you can do better than that.
Your secrets will come find you
If they don't then we'll remind you
Your future's got a line through
Just one
Question
What will you do now?

Jocasta Regina
No one obscener
Jocasta Regina
No one uncleaner
Jocasta Regina
Nothing can redeem her.

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from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy, released May 5, 2017

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Louis Barabbas Manchester, UK

Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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