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There's the Door
03:55
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You don’t have to hang around
If I am not amusing
You’re not going to succeed
If you are out to use me
I can be a gracious host
I won’t let you abuse it
One thing I can make you do
It’s wise if first you choose it
You should know
What to do
There’s the door
If I don’t expose myself
I keep my mind at ease
Shielded from your influence
I won’t catch your disease
I am distancing from your
Responsibilities
Go infect the outside world
And kill them if you please
You complain and protest
That you never get your way
Ignorant of the mistreatment
That you do and say
Only sent away thanks to
A mental hold or jail
You try to manipulate
Around here you have failed
There’s the door
There’s the porch
There’s the gate
There’s the street
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We
04:52
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We are the people
Who create the change
We move into action
And rearrange
We don’t need
To step aside
Our strength in numbers
Is bonafide
Remember who we are
We the people
Are who show the way
The future depends upon
Our work today
We get together
When the times are tough
We win the battles
When we’ve had enough
Remember who we are
We are the people
Who are organized
We seek out the truth
And avoid the lies
We are in numbers
And won’t go away
The world of tomorrow
We will make today
Remember who we are
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Don't Need
04:06
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Don’t need much don’t want much at all
But I know what I don’t want
Don’t want from you
Not what you are
Don’t want your world
Don’t want your wars
Nothing you have
Stay out my life
And trying to tell me how to think and what to do
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Baptized in Lies
02:33
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Could have quit my job today
But I’m scared of being broke
Would have quit my job today
My life would be up in smoke
Should have quit my job today
My boss would think it’s a joke
I have to go
I need the dough
My life really blows
Could have quit my family
But I’m scared to be alone
Would have quit my family
But I’m scared she’d get the home
Should have quit my family
But instead I’ll bitch and moan
My wife and kids
Think I’m stupid
My life’s on the skids
Could have quit my church today
But I need community
Would have quit my church today
But they need my tithing
Should have quit my church today
But they fill a void for me
Baptized in lies
Baptized in swill
I ain’t got no will
Could have quit the real but I
Realized that’s every day
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Colleen
02:53
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I’ve seen her time and time again
And wanted to be more than friends
A gorgeous ginger with her smile
Descended from the emerald isle
Colleen, colleen, colleen, colleen
I must admit it I can’t lie
I’m hooked I just can’t pass her by
Might get rejected, might get played
I have to try her anyway
I’d entertain her when she’s bored
Bring my potatoes to her door
She’s such a beauty what a sight
I want her over for the night
I’m falling over for her charms
I’ve got to have her in my arms
A green and white and orange heart
Of top of that she’s wicked smart
She’s so much older than she looks
A lot of history in her books
That’s fine with me I’m smitten more
I’ll heal her when her heart is sore
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Hey Duke
03:07
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I don’t get mad
I get even
When someone wrongs me, understand
Retaliation is
My go to plan
Revenge is served up freezing cold
If it’s to be prepared
In my household
Reprisal is a vulgar trait
So some elitists like to say
Oh well
The man said “turn the other cheek”
I guess I’m not a Jesus freak
So yeah
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Blueground
04:06
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I keep going back to where I’m from
It doesn’t matter what I’ve done
Something keeps me coming back
Again and again to where I’m from
Something always pulls me back
It doesn’t matter what I’ve done
I never see my family
I never see my friends
I only see that place
At the beginning and the end
I never stay
I can’t go back
To where I once belonged
That same old place
Is where I’m from
I just keep going back
Back down, down, down, down
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Cannon Fodder
03:58
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Happier with the less they know
Brains are cleansed like they wash their clothes
Led along by a force in charge
Debt is high and the bills are large
They live for death in bitter health
And they exist to keep a small group in wealth
They are blind to what they see
Conditioned to a life of usury
They think they work, but only lurk
To earn enough to pay some greedy jerk
A privileged class controls the mass
And tightens up the grip as the days will pass
Work all day and work all week
Everyone is afraid to speak
No one dares to make complaints
Or walk away from their unhealthy state
This meager trap is all they have
Their present and their future looks really sad
Do all they can to keep their home
In order to survive they’re on their own
But they won’t stop their loyalty
To those who keep them in wage slavery
Corporate brands with familiar names
Crony capitalism games
Dangled wealth is on a stick
And then pulled away before they get to it
They get abused and have no say
In their overlord’s rent seeking ways
The one percent feigns innocence
And blames the unemployed for laziness
They don’t ask why, and toe the line
Because they have the bill collector on their minds
Just one paycheck from homelessness
No way to escape this mess
The answers few and far between
Help to improve their lot remains to be seen
They need a market under rule of law
Which up ‘til now is something they rarely saw
They need to regulate the banks
Stop all the money going to bombs and tanks
But I don’t really feel much hope
Because most of them never ever even vote
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Honky Tonk Piggin'
03:08
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Red MAGA cap goes on
When you’re finished for the night
Display the blue stripe flag
With a field of black and white
Out on the streets all day
In a minority neighborhood
If a purge was in effect
You’d take the overtime if you could
The city government
Has the budget that you need
No problem arming up
The funding’s guaranteed
Warrior mentality
Though not where rich people live
But the poorer areas
Are where there’s no quarter to give
When they decide to march
You’ve got to put them in their place
No problem firing
A rubber bullet to the face
Don’t like them athlete boys
When they take a knee
But when it’s on a subject’s neck
That’s where you love to be
Cause you’re a…
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Europeans wrecked the world
And they never will take the blame
All that wanton destruction
Was all fun and games
Enslaving foreign lands
To take what they could get
Committing genocide
To ensure their needs were met
The Europeans wrecked the world
Europeans wrecked the world
In the name of ethnic pride
Most of them killed happily
Some were neutral and stepped aside
Tried to force Christianity
On the rest of the planet's folks
Burning heathens at the stake
And rejoicing at the corpses' smoke
Feudalism...
Imperialism...
Colonialism...
Racism...
Capitalism...
Anti-Semitism...
Fascism...
Elitism...
Europeans wrecked the world
But they think that they made it great
They actually perfected
Mass murder and the fascist state
Millions were slaughtered off
Due to someone's belief or creed
Entire nations killed for
A leader's sick philosophy
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No Time for That
03:08
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Don’t be losing days
Don’t be losing track
Don’t be wasting this
You can’t get it back
If you have remorse
For losing on the past
You’ll have even more
Repentance coming fast
There’s no time for that
It’s too precious now
To unwisely waste
Shouldn’t hesitate
Shouldn’t act in haste
Use discretion well
Find some busy joy
Make sure you create
Mostly fools destroy
There’s no time for that
Wisdom is your friend
She’s an ally true
Pay attention to her
She’ll be good to you
Let the world alone
Nothing there is real
Don’t sign the pact
Of the devil’s deal
There’s no time for that
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The Sun Is Down
05:15
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The sun is down
Hide
Don’t show your face in plain sight
Don’t show your face in the night
Don’t let them play with your life
Plan what to do to revive
The sun is up
The time is now
Rise
Do what it takes to stay alive
Don’t let them play with your mind
Break down the door and arrive
Leave those old ways and means behind
Don’t die
Survive
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Michael Psycho
"His songs aren't flashy, but the riffs and lyrics are awesome."
- Evan Minsker, Pitchfork
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