Recently one of the songs I wrote back in 1980 popped into my mind. It came to me while I was watching one of many recent news reports concerning the disfunction in the supposed U.S. Congress which I believe was once thought to actually represent the people, look after their interests and work for the betterment of all society. It’s funny how something I wrote over 30 years ago can still ring true. It was written to reflect the power of media at a time when the “evening news” was the place where everyone came to get the truth. Now the news is everywhere and there’s more media than ever before. But the truth…justice…well that’s another topic for another song maybe. Here are the lyrics of the song “Film At Eleven.”
Russ Davis

“Film At Eleven”
DID YOU HEAR WHAT JUST CAME DOWN?
HEADS OF STATE ARE FALLING.
CITIES CRUMBLING ALL AROUND.
HUNGRY CHILDREN BAWLING.
OUR DECADENT SOCIETY IS
FALLING ON ITS FACE.
THERE’S CRIME IN EVERY CITY,
A FROWN ON EVERY FACE.
THE SIGNS OF OUR DAMNATION
ARE SHOWING EVERY PLACE.
THE QUEEN JUST DIED
AND THEY SAY SHE WENT TO HEAVEN.
WE’LL ALL FIND OUT CAUSE
THERE’S FILM AT ELEVEN.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT JUST CAME DOWN?
SOMEONE FAMOUS “BOUGHT IT.”
SOME DISEASE HAS SQUEEZED OUR TOWN,
AND MY GIRLFRIEND CAUGHT IT.
THE RICH ARE HORDING MONEY
TO CARRY TO THEIR GRAVE.
THE POOR HAVE AN EXISTENCE
A NOTCH ABOVE A SLAVE.
AND ME, I’M ONLY LOOKING FOR
MORE WAYS TO MISBEHAVE.
AND WHEN I DIE I’LL NEVER GO TO HEAVEN
BUT YOU’LL FIND OUT CAUSE
THERE’S FILM AT ELEVEN.
THE CORD WAS NEVER SEVERED,
OUR MOTHER IS THE TUBE,
AND WHEN SHE SAYS, “IT’S GOSPEL”
YOU KNOW THAT IT’S THE TRUTH.
SO GATHER ‘ROUND THE ALTER
THE ANCIENT AND THE YOUTH,
AND HERE ON EARTH
IT’S HELL AND IT IS HEAVEN.
WE SEE IT ALL
WITH FILM AT ELEVEN.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT JUST CAME DOWN?
MARS IS NOW ATTACKING.
IN A MINUTE ALL FALL DOWN.
THERE’S NO NEED FOR PACKING.
ADIOS MI AMIGO.
DAS VADANA COMRADE.
TURN THE TUBE OFF ‘FORE WE GO
WHAT A BLAST WE ALL HAD.
OH YEAH!