General Dynamics

I realized this past weekend that I hadn't done a two-minute rock opera yet about a mechanical engineer who steals a tank. So I fixed that (there's a General Dynamcs tank plant near Detroit that we used to drive past whenever we'd visit our grandparents, so that's the Michigan connection).This features Alchemy, Minimonsta, Jamcussion, SonikSynth 2, and a backwards guitar chord (that I played all by myself!).http://www.victorlams.com/audio/Victor_Lams_-_General_Dynamics.mp3Lyric:He's thinking about getting the band back togetherBut he knows there never really was a bandHe found a funny video he'd like to show his sonBut he won't see him until next weekend.And it's too early to get excited about going homeAccording to the 20-year clock up on the shelfNot that there's anything to get excited aboutAnd these brackets won't design themeselves.General DynamicsYou can't be quiet, you can't be loudGeneral DynamicsDon't deny it, stand out from the crowdBecause when you look back at all your timeand find that from it all you shrankThat's the time to break out of lineAnd steal yourself a tank.Maybe it was a problem with AutoCADMaybe just missing the life he'd never had,After years of being nothing he just wanted to be bad,And that night he was working late.He had a friend in the guard at the shackThey'd gone to school together many years backAnd so just by faking a heart attackHe subdued him and made it through the factory gate.Fire that bad boy upM-1-ASlam that hatch door shutThey'll finally listen, today.General DynamicsQuiet time is over nowGeneral DynamicsNever liked this fac'try anyhowLike Hell! the Earth belongs to the weakOr to those whom it destroysMaybe they'll listen when you speakIf your tank backs it up with noise.None of this was really necessaryCould have avoided the run-in with the militaryAnd the Page One obituaryWith a little general dynamics.