From the recording Family Portraits (Volume 3)
Jangly, guitar-driven track lamenting the demise of "fact-based" knowledge and the rise of "conspiracy theory" culture.
Lyrics
As Much Right As Anyone
You’re not feeling all too good
You go to the doctor
Your tooth
It hurts
You go to the dentist
‘Cos she’s the expert
And if in our lives we rely on
Accomplished specialists?
For advice
Why then defer to
Quacks, yeah, and to charlatans?
Why do you keep asserting
As much right
To your opinion?
As anyone – when the facts and sums
Just don’t add up
To more than superstition?
The moon landings they were staged
The CIA got JFK
I don’t need proof
‘Cos I’ve got this feeling
And that’s my source of truth
In our youth
We learned science
Based on evidence
But since then
Knowledge and opinion have become equivalent
Why do you keep asserting
As much right
To your opinion?
As anyone – when the facts and sums
Just don’t add up
To more than superstition?
But you don’t believe in epistemology or empiricism
You think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion
Can’t tell between fact and fiction
Please don’t bore me with conspiracy theories
Can’t tell between fact and fiction
Please don’t bore me with conspiracy theories
Please don’t bore me
Please don’t bore me
Please don’t bore me
Please don’t bore me