Cornelis Vreeswijk ballad om censuren

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For the dangers of eroticism, keep the children small
Who have no idea how bad things can go
No, let them jump pastures and play military
And shoot at ¥ each other with toy guns
Let the children fight peacefully please so they forget everything sexual
Which threatens them from all sides and that's enough luck
That in this country we have order and censorship
In Sodom and Gomorrah discipline was weak
And anyone who criticized was hanged the same day
The police were mischievous, burghers starn en kanalj
And the one who drank the most beer and brandy got a gold medal
The morale was lousy with for the time had gone out of order
It was sinned both nights and day in and day out
In Sodom and Gomorrah there was no censorship
Ivan the Terrible he was a strange man
He did what he wanted to do that if you can
He had wild habits he made high demands
And whoever criticized was beheaded
And no one dared to do anything for Ivan could hear anything
And he was not good and taken when he got mad
Ivan the Terrible was weak for censorship
Ladies without clothes you shouldn't look there
Fy shame on citizens who still look
It's unnatural to see a woman naked
That can be understood The meaning of that thing is clear
She would have worn something light and danced classical Russian ballet
Then it would have been art and promoted our culture
This isn't art censorship, censorship!
Maybe you don't think that kind of thing bothers you
But trust the criticism, it knows what it do
They see what is good and allowed for public
They see what is bad and write criticism
Citizens as soon as you see that something immoral is happening
Or you see something that is not culture
Turn your eyes away and close your eyes and scream at censorship!

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