Name: Hail To The Cheato
Duration: P00H04M38S
Description: To a former client, a former president, and the greatest carnival barker fo them all.

Hail To The Cheato

from The Disappearing Architect by Empty City Squares

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To a former client, a former president, and the greatest carnival barker fo them all.

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 I remember riding up to the 26th floor… 
Million dollar views and really, really bad décor
And the people below looked like small little ants,  
You looked down-and proclaimed, you were king-of-this-town  
As did your sycophants

So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand
So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,

As I tried to explain the nice shiny design 
When your eyes locked with mine,
you said, “I want a bigger sign”
With nothing left to discuss, we presented the bill,
 then you shrugged, and asked if we were on drugs,
 and told us “if you dress, you better dress to kill” 

So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,
So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,

You built foundations That were made of sand 
But there was one thing you could understand
  The disenfranchised and disqualified ,
were never really taken for a ride
A message for a short attention span 
And all presented by a business man.  Oh man.  Oh Man.

So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,
So Hail to the Cheeto  You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,

I caught your face when I turned on my bedroom TV  
A talking head was looking distressed,
saying you would not concede

And I was laughing when they cut to you calling them “thieves”  
because I know, that you will never let go 
and there's nobody left, nobody left to believe

So Hail to the Cheeto You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,
So Hail to the Cheeto You were just another brand, 
You were just another brand,

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from The Disappearing Architect, released June 21, 2021
Written, arranged, performed, engineered and produced by John "Yanni Fotiadis

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Empty City Squares New Jersey

John Fotiadis (AKA "Yanni" to his friends), is an Architect by day and a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist the rest of the time. Over the last 15+ years he's written and recorded music for film, Theater, TV, and Podcasts.

Yanni loves old rock and roll and blues and a lot of music from the UK. Empty City Squares is his sometimes real / sometimes virtual band. ... more

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