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.mp3 Lyric: He's thinking about getting the band back together But he knows there never really was a band He found a funny video he'd like to show his son But he won't see him until next weekend. And it's too early to get excited about going home According to the 20-year clock up on the shelf Not that there's anything to get excited about And these brackets won't design themeselves. General Dynamics You can't be quiet, you can't be loud General Dynamics Don't deny it, stand out from the crowd Because when you look back at all your time and find that from it all you shrank That's the time to break out of line And steal yourself a tank. Maybe it was a problem with AutoCAD Maybe 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 shack They'd gone to school together many years back And so just by faking a heart attack He subdued him and made it through the factory gate. Fire that bad boy up M-1-A Slam that hatch door shut They'll finally listen, today. General Dynamics Quiet time is over now General Dynamics Never liked this fac'try anyhow Like Hell! the Earth belongs to the weak Or to those whom it destroys Maybe they'll listen when you speak If your tank backs it up with noise. None of this was really necessary Could have avoided the run-in with the military And the Page One obituary With a little general dynamics.