Posts Tagged ‘lyrics’
February 25, 2018
But, scarce observed, the knowing and the bold
Fall in the gen’ral massacre of gold;
Wide-wasting pest! that rages unconfin’d,
And crowds with crimes the records of mankind
For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws,
For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws;
—Samuel Johnson, The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated
The rich everyday exhort a part of their daily allowance from the poor
not only by private fraud but by public law
—Thomas More, Utopia
Los ladrones que mandan
The thieves who always win
Extracting every dollar
From misery and sin
When tyrants, kings and pirates
Lay the land to waste
Los ladrones que mandan
Will always get their taste
Tax you, fine you, frame you
Guilty any way you plea
Los ladrones que mandan
Lock you up for living free
Ain’t no way to ever reckon
How much they really stole
Los ladrones que mandan
Crush you body, crush your soul
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:capitalism, country music, Country Music Lyrics, los ladrones que mandan, lyrics, Samuel Johnson, Sergej Bag, The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated, Thomas More
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February 23, 2018
The factories are empty
And cities waste away
Leaders sell us out for cash
And tell us all to pray
The churches are deserted
The schools are falling down
We got abandoned buildings
People sleeping on the ground
We got hurt and hate and war
We got pills that waste your soul
They serve us bombs and bullets
We’re just trying to get whole
They hollowed out our country
And left an empty shell
They got thirty bits of silver
I hope they spend it well
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, los ladrones que mandan, lyrics, neoliberalism
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February 17, 2018
As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
—Katherine Hepburn
Life keeps
Coming at you
And you wonder
What to do
You know
I wanna help
And I’m always
Here for you
But I can’t paddle
Your canoe
I can sit
And I can listen
Till morning’s
Wet with dew
I can even talk
If you want
My point of view
But I can’t paddle
Your canoe
I can love you
I can feed you
Hold your hand
And tie your shoe
I hope you
Always know
I got a million
Hugs for you
But I can’t paddle
Your canoe
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, Katherine Hepburn, lyrics, Rich Thistle
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February 12, 2018
People looking at you
Cuz they wanna see themself
Listening to advice
Is gonna ruin your mental health
Don’t let nobody tell ya
Who you’re sposed to be
Try to please the people
And you’ll never be free
Ain’t no one alive
To tell ya what you’re all about
Listening to advice
Is gonna turn you inside out
Don’t let nobody tell ya
Who you’re sposed to be
Try to please the people
And you’ll never be free
You’re the only person
Inside you from the start
You’re the only one
Who knows what’s living in your heart
Don’t let nobody tell ya
Who you’re sposed to be
Try to please the people
And you’ll never be free
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, lyrics
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February 6, 2018
Nothin’ from nothin’ leaves nothin’
—Billy Preston
There ain’t a woman who can see
All the love inside of me
Stupid two-bit loser town
Bitches try to bring me down
I need a woman sweet and pure
I’ll find my truth inside of her
I spend my cash and act a clown
Bitches try to bring me down
A million things that I could be
If only she believed in me
I could drink until I drown
Bitches try to bring me down
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:Alcoholism, Billy Preston, Carolyn Rumancik, country music, Country Music Lyrics, denial, lyrics, Nothin' from nothin', sad songs, Survived their Jive
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January 20, 2018
Fixating fixater
Frightened of yourself
Never stop talking
About everybody else
Fixating Fixater
Hanging by a thread
Neurotic fabrications
Stuck inside your head
Fixating fixater
Yackity yap yap
Pointing all your fingers
And talking loads of crap
Fixating fixater
Hiding from the pain
Take a slow breath
And look inside your brain
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, denial, gossip, lyrics
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December 22, 2017
She burned my possessions
She poisoned my mule
She shredded my flat screen
And threw it in the pool
I had to find out
for myself
I wouldn’t believe
nobody else
She’s runnin all around
With a bunch of new men
My boss and my brother
And five of my friends
I had to find out
for myself
it wrecked my mind
and ruined my health
She emptied my treasury
She cashed in my chips
She bought herself rubies
And had a nice trip
I had to find out
for myself
she really helped me
share the wealth
All of my buddies
Been saying for years
But I was too timid
To face down my fears
I had to find out
for myself
I wouldn’t believe
nobody else
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, denial, losers, lyrics, sad songs
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