The City of Self Fascination
Gong 2032


We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination
We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination

They are coming back to visit you again
It’s been so very very long…

We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination

I’m wondering why
As I wander by
People of the Earth
Wanna kill kill kill
Wanna win win win
As they spin spin spin
So sad to see you
Have to go to war
So you suffer all the more
We hope you know as you
Bursh away the tears
Maybe it’s just fear, my dears

We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination

Coming back, down again
Coming back, round again
Looking for signs of intelligent life
On this planet of trouble and strife
(counterpoint chorus)
I wanna know how to escape from its thrall
I wanna know how to escape from its thrall
I wanna know how...

We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination
Come come come come
Come from an alien nation

(earth conditioned citizen speaks)
I live in my bubble and I watch TV
& my boys go to war to keep the
Poor away from me
You can travel to yer planet
But I’d sooner get stoned
So don’t-cha beam me up Scotty
Cuz I gonna stay home
I said you betcha
I say we do it again
I say we do it again
I gonna letcha
I think yr crazy but see
It’s a free country

We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination

When they last visited out planet,
they left behind a number of their own
who took Earth bodies
to better understand
Earth conditioned thinking and report back.
One of these, codenamed ZERO, was a "walk in"
who overshadowed a willing young Earthling
called Wally Wilkins in London in 1969
and has wandered the world
as an empathetic free spirit ever since.
This is his report :

I’m wandering cross the world
Wondering why
You block out the sun fight the light
Chop out the beautiful sky to take another bite
Teachin all of the kids to live by the knife
Be frightened of the dark
In the park at night
Shut-up your face don’t lose your place
You better be so afraid to talk
Better be very frightened
To walk the park
Get in the car go to the bar
Drink it up big Daddy
It just your body of the planet in a
Vanity boutique up shit creek
Lookin bleak no brain rain comin
No lookin back
It’s a poisoned ivy league
Played like a rugby league
Black plague kinda vague
It’s all in your head
No sweet dreaming in your bed stead
No love made here
Just a long dark night
Of the capitalist pain
On a planet of unreal material gain
We come from an alien nation
To the city of self-fascination


Meanwhile on Earth,
as well as a new generation of young men
who reject established patterns of behaviour,
a new variety of highly evolved
smart young women are appearing.
They are super fast thinkers,
have no desire to procreate
and effortlessly understand the digital world.