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break up song
02:51
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when we started out I was young and naive
didn’t know his past a murderer and a thief
I jumped in too soon because I didn’t get a choice
told me he’d be good for me I was just a girl
it wasn’t long ‘fore I began to hear the stories
built his house on bones a fortune made on slaves
wasn’t ’til I saw it for myself did I believe
he was more a lying cheating no good crook than he seemed
so I did just what I had to do
looked him in the eyes and said we’re through
I broke up with the government, disillusioned heart broken on the floor
I broke up with the government, oh say you won’t be seeing me no more
I got real suspicious back when the market crashed
he bailed out the banks using our cash
when I got sick he wouldn’t take me to a nurse
thought I’d be the gold digger when I first saw his purse
now I’m getting worried that he won’t leave me alone
the cops the courts the FBI he calls them all his own
afraid that he’s more popular he’s got a lot more friends
now I went and left him no I can’t go back again
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2. |
huckleberries
02:39
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it’s gonna take a lot of huckleberries to feed this bear
it’s gonna take a lot of huckleberries
don’t know if we’ll do it, I don’t know if you care
but it’s gonna take a lot of berries to feed this bear
oh the salmon they don’t run this river anymore
after all these years the salmon just don’t come
what’s a woods to do without the salmon at its core?
but they don’t come here anymore
you can find a lot of huckleberries in the old growth
you can find a lot of huckleberries
why they want to cut ‘em down well that I just don’t know
when we have so much to find in the old growth
darling if you’re feeling anxious take a hike
darling if you’re feeling anxious
there’s a plague in the city all a bear can do is bite
if you’re feeling anxious take a hike
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3. |
chicken shit
02:09
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scoundrel was a farmer living off the land
didn’t need a thing she couldn’t grow with her own hands
she wore I wide brimmed hat and a little pair of gloves
shoulders shone a cherry red kissed from up above
she tended to her babies like a tender mother bear
anyone who tread on them better be aware
her kale it grew the greenest tomatoes oh so sweet
but never could she fully scrub the dirt all off her feet
one day the feds came knocking to see just what she did
to make them feel so useless and so damn irrelevant
they didn’t find no oil the trees were left as is
paper green not too be seen all they found was chicken shit
paper green not to be seen all they found was chicken shit
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4. |
wild turkey breakdown
02:23
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dunk in a pot of boiling water (3x)
hey ho, there you go, wild turkey dinner
hang by his legs and pluck the feathers (3x)
hey ho…
hack of his head with a rusty hatchet (3x)
hey ho…
cut breast to tail and yank his guts out (3x)
hey ho…
sit by the fire and eat in silence (3x)
hey ho…
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5. |
little bear
03:07
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I won’t hurt you darling no I’m just a little bear
I’ll be gone before you think to shriek
all I need is honey and the blackberries you love
what is sweet to you is sweet to me
I’m as scared, I’m as scared
I’m as scared as you are anywhere
don’t you see, don’t you see
what is sweet to you is sweet to me
I will hold you darling just as sure as I’ll let go
I will hide in brambles when I must
all I need is honey won’t you be my honey bee?
can we bask together in the sun?
I won’t hurt you darling no I’m just a little bear
I’ll be gone before you think to shriek
all I need is honey and the blackberries you love
what is sweet to you is sweet to me
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Someone shot the Koch brothers, where’s their noble prize?
Now they’re in prison for saving countless lives
no one saw it coming but now it’s plain to see
tie us to your system and we’ll cut each other free
I promise you it wasn’t me
Someone shot the Koch brothers, no one shed a tear
the more you done to wrong us then the more you have to fear
no one say it coming but now it’s plain to see
treat us like garbage and garbage you will be
I promise you it wasn’t me
Someone shot the Koch brothers, where’s their noble prize?
Now they’re in prison for saving countless lives
no one saw it coming but now it’s plain to see
tie us to your system and we’ll cut each other free
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7. |
deer ticks
02:50
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I know what a tick feels like
and I can count them crawling over you
some days find you in tall grass
and all you can do is push on through
big ones we both see each day
the landlord scrapes a little off the top
your boss he may not pay quite fair
but the real problem starts much further up
no one spreads disease, like the deer ticks you don’t see
they feed off you and me, don’t you let them eat for free
do you know how to pull them off
do you feel them crawling up your side?
they’re out for longer moving fast
we’re running out of places to hide
they own the place that you call home
write the laws they expect for you to heed
pillage everything you love
squander everything you need
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8. |
devil's lettuce
02:24
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I grow parsley and coriander rosemary and thyme
basil and lavender mint of every kind
the best head of garlic is fresh out of the ground
but that good ol’ devil’s lettuce is the strongest herb I found
there’s oregano and chamomile don’t confuse the leaves
fennel and dill look similar indeed
but there’s just one herb that every supper calls
it’s that good ol’ devil’s lettuce, the sweetest of them all
I got peppers like autumn leaves yellow green and red
some sweet as cherries some’ll blow your head
if you want excitement no better way to go
then that good ol’ devil’s lettuce, the spiciest I know
oh but one day I had a smoke and went outside to work
felt all around me the demons there to lurk
I looked through the forest, no garden did I find
there was just one single veggie, that veggie was my mind!
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9. |
thorns
00:56
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if I were the devil, if I were the devil
if I were the devil well I’d show you my horns
say that you could earn them, say that you could earn them
say that you could earn them, but give you only thorns
listen to the devil, listen to the devil
listen to the devil hear just what he says
oh you best believe him, oh you best believe him
oh you best believe him, what he says he wants he gets
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10. |
southworth creek
02:28
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won't you sing to me, sing to me from Southworth Creek?
won't you sing to me, sing to me, oh
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11. |
devil came a knockin'
05:54
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the devil came a knocking, asked me for the woods
turn the trees to timber, pay me for the goods
didn’t think much of it, I could use the cash
who’d a known that forest — would be my last
devil came a knocking, asked me for the fields
grow it all together, maximize the yield
didn’t think much of it, put the soil to use
who’d a known that dirt could — be so abused
don’t let him in, I ask you don’t let him in
when the devil comes I ask you don’t let him
devil came a knocking, asked me for my back
help him with the harvest, pay me out in cash
didn’t think much of it, another job to work
who’d a known how much that — little job would hurt
devil came a knocking, asked me for my soul
use up, the ground water, drain that little hole
didn’t think much of it, nothing left to sell
who’d a known that I could — make my own hell
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12. |
conspiracy charges
02:40
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I’m gonna burn the jailhouse down, stop me if you can
send it smolderin’ to the ground I hope you understand
they don’t lock up criminals no they won’t touch their friends
so I’m gonna burn the jailhouse down it’s time for this to end
I’m gonna burn the precinct down, they aren’t here for me
harass and kill my comrades to protect my enemies
out here to protect and serve, that is the status quo
all us here against it they’a say we gotta go
I’ll, find the ammo, if you, line up, the cans
I’m, afraid that one of these days we’ll, have, to take, a stand
I’m gonna burn the white house down that castle on the hill
send those mangy dogs a lookin’ for another kill
they drink more than they’re thirsty, they’re hungrier than starved
you’ll know ‘em when you see ‘em for the capitalists they are
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