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From a Foreign Son
03:07
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Whose people stayed, whose people came and went?
And whose people’s relatives were immigrants?
Who’s just telling it like it isn’t?
Whose people want to build a wall, build a fence
When they can’t tell who they’re keeping out, who they’re keeping in Who’s original, who’s ignorant?
And who wants to blame it on Chicago, the Muslims, Mexico, anybody without a home, or anyone who doesn’t look like you moving to where you think you’re from?
How many generations are you removed from a foreign son?
Who’s committed theft and who’s been calling dibs?
And who believes possession was about nine tenths?
Who has heritage that’s privileged?
Who’s a criminal, who’s innocent?
How new are you to town?
How long have you been allowed to say that you were here first when you’re just here now?
How deep are your roots down?
How long have you been around?
Were you here first?
Are you just here now?
Were you here first?
Are you just here now?
And who wants to blame it on Chicago, the Muslims, Mexico, anybody without a home, or anyone who doesn’t look like you moving to where you think you’re from?
How many generations are you removed from a foreign son?
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2. |
Trouble Tomorrow
03:36
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So steady, stubborn
Kicking dead horses covered
Ready for burdens buried
But I’ll be damned if I didn’t stop neck high
I’ll be damned if I didn’t look them in the eyes
And wonder why I started over the last time, the last time
I passed them by before I realized
That the grass ain’t greener on the other side
One day I may decide to leave that hatchet where it lie
Unless on second thought my second guess is fine
Cuz I thought I started over the last time the last time
Those grudges are gold Too gold to let go
Buy high, sell low if I can borrow trouble tomorrow
I bet I never have to let them go if I can borrow trouble tomorrow
And I thought I started over the last time
And I thought I’d never try to rewind
With any new start I’d find myself behind
And I thought I started over the last time
So steady, stubborn
Kicking dead horses covered
Ready for another repeat
Buy high, sell low if I can borrow trouble tomorrow
I bet I never had to let them go if I can borrow trouble tomorrow
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Ok, Alright
03:37
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I saw big business potholes on the roads my money buys
Alright, ok, ok, alright
And big box stores planted on the land my taxes subsidize
Alright, ok, ok, alright
And another chain’s trying to rearrange my slice of paradise
And they’ll have their way when Main Street’s remade in the shade of new high rise
Alright, ok, ok, alright
What’s the cost of living?
What’s the cost of bargain life?
Alright, ok, ok, alright
Just enough to pay attention?
Just enough to pay no mind?
I saw a full-time workforce wide awake all day, all night
Alright, ok, ok, alright
And staying late on a holiday when it should be family time
Alright, ok, ok, alright
But they can’t afford what they make, so they’re gigging on the side
And on their way to hurry up and wait in a food pantry line
Alright, ok, ok, alright
What’s the cost of living?
What’s the cost of bargain life?
Alright, ok, ok, alright
Just enough to pay attention?
Just enough to pay no mind?
Just enough to wise up to bargain life?
Just enough to play dumb and pay no mind?
Just enough to grow up and realize you’re used to losing and too damn numb to terrify?
That you’ve been living just below the bottom line?
And that you’ve been paying it forward with every nickel and every dime?
But you can open up your eyes and change the world one neighborhood at a time
Who bought the suit my congressman wears cheating on his wife?
Alright, ok, ok, alright
What’s the cost of living?
What’s the cost of bargain life?
Alright, ok, ok, alright
Just enough to pay attention?
Just enough to pay no mind?
Ok, ok, alright
Ok, alright
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June IND Lafayette, Indiana
Like you, Chris & Emily are trapped on a rock hurtling through perpetuity. In their free time, they craft angry, wholesome
sing-alongs that urge you to root for the underdog & give a damn about your neighbor.
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