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19 Miles to Baghdad
what have I become
New York's got snow in April
and I can't locate the sun
tie a yellow ribbon around something
something good has begun
Katy holds up the bible
and you reading this for fun?
19 miles to Baghdad
soldiers load up your guns
and tie a yellow ribbon
around something
something good has begun
the boy in the middle
he sits down to play
he moves to the window
i can see him as he waves
"Hey, Mac look out!"
Mac calls back, "
Billy I'll be careful,
I'm just trying to be brave,
so tie a yellow ribbon around something,
something lives beyond the grave."
The field reveals that
something was concealed
we make a deal to feel again
to ask what is the means
and to what end
what is the cause that we defend?
the flag is flying across the country
me and the band we play the bars
and Glyn she points out to the highway
the flags fly the highest
where the people buy
their cars she says,
19 Miles to Baghdad, I guess
we haven't come so far
two planes are flying across the country
New York's so pretty in the fall
"Hey Mac, look out!"
Mac calls back, "
Billy, I'll be careful,
I'm sure they built them to stand so tall."
19 Miles To Baghdad
They fall and we're called
to tie a yellow ribbon around something
something good has begun,
right here right now
and we'll tie a yellow ribbon
around something
cause now something good has begun.
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
you can't expect to win all
of the bets, replacing your
regrets you start to learn
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
sticks and stones will break
these bones, but names will
always hurt me, i recognize
the lies that you disguise
now i realize the demons in
your eyes
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
be sure the kettle whistles
or else the pot will burn
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chorus:
call your senators
and representatives
call all the people
we've hired
tell 'em that no one
is above the law
if they don't
catch those thieves
they'll all soon be fired
they gambled our taxes away
deregulating the laws
of the trade
now wall street and
main street
have got to be saved
but who in the world
will pay
who in the world will pay
who in the world will pay
pay the hard earned money
we've made
chorus:
the bill that we ask to see
tells wall street to pay
for it's greed
while lobbyists, bankers
and traders agree
to give our people
foreclosure relief
who in the world will pay
who in the world will pay
pay for all the mistakes
that they've made
chorus:
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excuse me mr. jekyll
pardon mr. hyde
what is the sense in
leaving here, with that
poor unfinished pride
no one will understand you
they'll lie like cloak
on king, those mean-faced
cum star fuckers, will
gladly turn you in
chorus:
you better get yourself
to the doctor your head
just ain't on right
you better get yourself
to the doctor your head
just ain't on right
the way you put on face
all day, and then can't
sleep at night, you better
get yourself to the doctor
your head just ain't on right
they will claim you
they'll say they knew it
all along, they'll say
they discovered you, though
they couldn't stand your
songs, that way when the
wind blows, they'll still
be riding high, doctor tell
them of the reckoning
the day of judgement
will arrive, it will arrive
chorus:
hello doctor, i've got a
train wreck in my mind
an all around church fell
down, train wreck in my mind
it crashed before the sunset
in the desert morning light
doctor tell them of the
reckoning, the day of
judgement will arrive
it will arrive
chorus:
hurry to your grave, brother
hurry to your grave, sister
hurry to your, hurry to your
hurry to your grave
i will get out of your way
i will go at my own pace
while you hurry to your,
hurry to your grave,
hurry to your grave
if you don't hurry to your grave
you may find you will be late
so you better hurry to your,
hurry to your, hurry to your grave
Every year we had the Cornfest parade
in the village of Darien
dad marched down the street
leading the high school marching band
we'd always eat an ear or two
licking the butter off our hands
while the floats and people passed by
in turn waving proud Midwestern hands
Now the Farm City Elevator was the
tallest point in town
with 12 gigantic silos filled with
grain most the year round
they'd cast their silver shadows
over oaks and on the ground
and in my small back yard
where we'd play until the
goes down
Chorus:
He's been on the rise
growing bigger every year
he won't compromise
he only listens with one ear
he's king corn, he's king corn
he's king corn, oh yeah he's king corn
Corn was just a part of life
it was everywhere you looked
in high yield fields and semi-trucks
and sweet ears getting cooked
a Midwest ocean of amber waves
with each farmer getting hooked
to grow more grain and stay in the
game of this broken picture book
Chorus:
Bridge:
He's subsidized and supported by the
top of the food chain
cloned and owned by people that hail
ammonium nitrate
that flows into our water ways
and sometimes to our brain
with the hands of corporate fists
gripping tightly, tightly, tightly
to the reins
King Corn's clothes are bought
and sold by deep pocketed men in black
they make sure this food system
stays permanently in tact
well if the big food industry
is curiosity then that makes us the cat
and if we're lucky to start with nine lives
right now, where do you think we're at?
Chorus:
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Day by day and one by one
we all walk on to that sun
Day by day and one by one
we all walk on to that sun
forgive mama, forget,
when you walk toward that sun
and don't you stop for anyone,
no don't you stop for anyone
well I am old mama
while I'm still young,
cause I was once burnt by that
yeah I was once burnt by that sun
last night I watched that beast
walk swiftly to my room
he is the prophet thief of doom
come on deeper down with me
last night I cried myself to sleep
today I drag my blackened feet,
today I know no fire speak,
ahh ahohh ahh ahhohh ahh
but I have rocked before,
so I will rock again
yeah I have rocked before,
lord let me rock again
the beast is the thief
the thief is the beast
we must make amends,
we must make amends
loah, thief mama,
he sings in tune
last night he moved into my room
I think he knows where you live to,
I bet you know him like I do
yah ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh
we are old mama
while we're still young,
cause we've all been
burnt by that sun
yeah we've all been
burnt by that sun
there is the very very truth,
it stands somewhere
in-be-tween the two
while you break his neck
or turn him loose
while we're all classified
to make them fortunes
or be denied
as if it's not our world to run,
as if the soldier's had no guns,
as if we would run from that sun
but we have rocked before,
so we will rock again
yeah we have rocked before,
lord let us rock again
the beast lay a thief
falls to his knees
he begs amends, he begs amends
we crawl upon his back and
we ride him to the end,
we stand before the sun
we bow our heads,
we raise our arms our hands
and we cry, mercy mercy me
mercy mercy me, mercy mercy me....
oh mama!
hey! hey! hey! hey hey! hey, no!
hey! no!
mercy, mercy, me.... mama
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i had a friend he liked
to test me and disregard
the rest of me and another
who though she loved me
she could not help one night
but do me wrong
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime
now watch me stand outside
i'm waiting for my shot gun
ride. two days i'm crossing
the Kansas plains, i know my
life won't ever be the same
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime
well as i drive then i begin
to see, the lazy trade their
dignity, at the root of the
conspiracy is the corporate
claim on all our needs
down goes the small man dream
the franchise rise and provide
America how do you like it?
this is what we will be
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime
good bye i'm leaving now
i'll see you sometime