“THE THOUGHT POLICE” © 1988, 2015, 2021 song by Elton Houck, and Arthur Kaufman (words and music)/China Co-op Music Publishing (ASCAP) Mad Loon Music Publishing (BMI)…reprint from Elton Houck’s book—“THE 6TH DAY—Exiled from the garden” © 2015 Elton Houck—Outskirts Press// “THE THOUGHT POLICE”:….. VERSE 1:…Up against the wall again/Trying to find a safe place to crawl in/The Thought Police are searching high and low/If they find us this time, they’ll never let us go./….. VERSE 2:….In the night spotlights search/Hold on ‘till dawn/Danger’s in the lurch/Hold your breath and hold on./…. CHORUS:….Now, Big Brother is out to win your heart/Or else he’ll tear you apart/Your loyalty and love he actively seeks/There’s no escape from The Thought Police./…. SUB-CHORUS:…This One World Order is a crime/But this you dare not say/Don’t get out of line any time/Your bones will be bleached out by noonday./….. VERSE 3:….If they find us this time/They’ll surely beat us down/To speak against the State is a crime/Thought Police can’t wait to put us in the ground./…. VERSE 4:…1984 has come and gone/The Beast sits high upon the throne/The State preaches Unity and New Speech/There’s no escape from The Thought Police./….. REPEAT CHORUS:…./ REPEAT VERSE 1:….///\------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------==NOTE==”THE GATHERING” © 1985 Elton Houck This ARTWORK—“THE GATHERING” was done on three separate panels. The panels are common pages from a local daily newspaper. The two outside pages/panels are 22.75" X 12.5" each, and the center panel/pages comprises a double page section from the Sunday newspaper comic strip . The center piece measures 22.75" X 25"/ The pages were painted with a mix of materials" felt tip markers, pastels, fixative, and acrylic gel medium. The acrylic gel medium added density and strength to the newspaper as well as sealing the painted surfaces. ---This version is a color reversal of the original....///////-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======