Buffy Sainte-Marie (83,70 %)
Medicine Songs (73,39 %)
In collection
Released: 2017-11-10
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
9
Year (2017):
4
Decade (2010's):
64
Overall:
666
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1.
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)
 03:42
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2.
The War Racket
 04:00
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3.
Starwalker
 03:04
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4.
My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
05:36
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5.
America the Beautiful
02:55
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6.
Carry It On
03:00
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7.
Little Wheel Spin and Spin
02:59
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8.
No No Keshagesh
04:44
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9.
Soldier Blue
03:42
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10.
The Priests of the Golden Bull
04:06
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11.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
04:34
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12.
Universal Soldier
02:41
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13.
Power in the Blood
 04:06
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14.
Disinformation
 03:44
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15.
Fallen Angels
03:45
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16.
Now That the Buffalo's Gone
02:46
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17.
Generation
04:02
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18.
Working for the Government
03:34
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19.
The Big Ones Get Away
04:07
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20.
The War Racket (Unplugged)
03:57
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Album length:
00:15:04
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Lyrics |
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1.
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)
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Whether you're woman or whether you're man sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you think you can You got to run You got to run (2x) Trying against the odds you're in a trance Say who did you think you are to have a chance You're a no one from a place where everyone knows your face the come and go way they know the sun So you better hang on and hey you better run cause here's your chance and your race has begun. Down in a hole You feel like two different people in your soul Feel like a loser until you see that as you bend You learn to be your own best friend And you learn how and you learn when to take a chance on the spirit of the wind. Whether you're woman or whether you're man sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you think you can You got to run You got to run Babe ain't we been down Been so broke and we been so low I kissed the ground but you can see yourself a winner beyond the money and the greed Beyond the pride is a pure untested need To be a champion is more than luck and speed It's power and freedom in the spirit of the wind. |
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The War Racket
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Ooo you're slick - you investors in hate You Saddams and you Bushes; you Bin Ladens and snakes You billionaire bullies; you're a globalized curse You put war on the masses while you clean out the purse and that's how it's done war after war You old feudal parasites just sacrifice the poor You've got the cutting edge weapons but your scam's still the same as it's been since the Romans: it's the patriot game It's the war racket You twisters of language; you creeps of disguise Your disinformation; like worms in your eyes You privileged bankers; you gambler thieves You profit on war; there's less money in peace That's how it's done time after time Country after country, crime after crime You pretend it's religion and there's no one to blame for the dead and impoverished in your little patriot game Honey, that's the war racket Got the world's greatest power and you team up with thugs Make a fortune on weapons, destruction and drugs But your flags & boots & uniforms start to all look the same when both sides are killing in the patriot game: it's the war racket And that's how it's done, and you've got our sons in the crosshairs of horror at the end of a gun and your national anthems start to all smell the same when all sides are dying in the patriot game It's the war racket And war is never, ever holy It's just a greedy men's dream And you two-faced crusaders: both sides are obscene War's not made by God: War's made by men who misdirect our attention while you thieves do your thing And that's how it's done About every 30 years The rich fill their coffers The poor fill with tears The young fill the coffins The old hang a wreath The politicians get photographed with their names underneath. It's the War Racket It's the patriot game It's the war racket |
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Starwalker
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Ayo ha ha heyo ha ha Heyo ay hey hey heyo Way way hey wa heyo Heyo way yaaa Starwalker he's a friend of mine You've seen him looking fine he's a straight talker he's a Starwalker don't drink no wine ay way hey wa heya Wolf Rider she's a friend of yours You've seen her opening doors She's a history turner She's a sweetgrass burner and a dog soldier ay hey way hey way heya Holy light guard the night Pray up your medicine song oh straight dealer you're a spirit healer keep going on ay hey way hey way heya Lightning Woman Thunderchild Star soldiers one and all oh Sisters, Brothers and all together Aim straight Stand tall Ayo ha ha heyo ha ha Heyo ay hey hey heyo Way way hey wa heyo Heyo way yaaa Starwalker he's a friend of mine You've seen him looking fine he's a straight talker he's a Starwalker don't drink no wine ay way hey wa heya Ayo ha ha heyo ha ha Heyo ay hey hey heyo Way way hey wa heyo Heyo way yaaa |
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My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
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Now that your big eyes are finally opened. Now that you're wondering, “How must they feel?†meaning them that you've chased across Canada's movie screens; Now that you're wondering, “How can it be real?†that the ones you've called colorful, noble and proud in your school propaganda, They starve in their splendor. You asked for our comment, I simply will render: My country 'tis of thy people you're dying. Now that the longhouses “breed superstition†you force us to send our children away to your schools where they're taught to despise their traditions Forbid them their languages; then further say that Canadian history really began when explorers set sail out of Europe, and stress
that the nations of leeches who conquered these lands were the biggest, and bravest, and boldest, and best. And yet where in your history books is the tale of the genocide basic to this country's birth? Of the preachers who lied? And the people who died? How a nation of patriots returned to their earth? Where does it tell of the starvation hell? As the children were herded, and raped and converted? And how do we rescue the missing and murdered? My country 'tis of thy people you're dying A few of the conquered have somehow survived Their blood runs the redder though genes have been paled. From Arctic Inuvik to Niagara Falls the wounded, the losers, the robbed sing their tale. From Vancouver Island to the Labrador Sea the white nation fattened while others grew lean. Oh the tricked and evicted they know what I mean: My country 'tis of thy people you're dying. The past it just crumbled; the future just threatens Our life blood is shut up in your papers and banks. And now here you come, bill of sale in your hand and surprise in your eyes, that we're lacking in thanks for the blessings of civilization you brought us The lessons you've taught us. The ruin you've wrought us. Oh see what our trust in O Canada got us. My country 'tis of thy people you're dying. Now that the pride of the sires needs charity Now that we're harmless and safe behind laws Now that my life's to be known as your heritage Now that even the graves have been robbed Now that our own chosen way is your novelty Hands on our hearts
we salute you your victory. Choke on your true white and scarlet hypocrisy, pitying your blindness; Oh why can't you see - that the eagles of war whose wings lend you glory, are never no more than buzzards & crows Pushed some wrens from their nest; stole their eggs; changed their story. The mockingbird sings it: It's all that she knows. “Aw what could I do?†say a powerful few with a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye. Can't you see that their poverty's profiting you? My country 'tis of thy people you're dying. |
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America the Beautiful
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There were Choctaws in Alabama Chippewas in St. Paul Mississippi mud runs like a river in me America - Oo she's like a mother to me O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesty Above the fruited plain America, America God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea from sea to shining sea There were cliff towns in Colorado Pyramids in Illinois Trade routes up and down the Mississippi River to see America - Oo she's like a mother to me... O beautiful for vision clear that sees beyond the years Thy night time sky Our hopes that fly undimmed by human tears America, America God shed His grace on thee Til selfish gain no longer stain the banner of the free And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea from sea to shining sea |
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Carry It On
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Hold your head up Lift the top of your mind Put your eyes on the Earth Lift your heart to your own home planet What do you see? What is your attitude? Are you here to improve or damn it? Look right now and you will see we're only here by the skin of our teeth as it is so take heart and take care of your link with Life and Oh carry it on We're saying Oh carry it on Keep playing Oh carry it on Keep praying Oh carry it on It ain't money that makes the world go round That's only temporary confusion It ain't governments that make the people strong It's the opposite illusion Look right now and you will see they're only here by the skin of their teeth as it is so take heart and take care of your link with Life and Oh carry it on We're saying Oh carry it on Keep playing Oh carry it on Keep praying Oh carry it on Look right now and you will see we're only here by the skin of our teeth as it is so take heart and take care of your link with Life is beautiful if you got the sense to take care of your source of perfection Mother Nature She's the daughter of God and the source of all protection Look right now and you will see she's only here by the skin of her teeth as it is so take heart and take care of your link with Life Oh carry it on We're saying Oh carry it on Keep playing Oh carry it on Keep praying Oh carry it on Oh carry it on Keep saying Oh carry it on Keep playing Oh carry it on Keep on praying Oh carry it on |
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Little Wheel Spin and Spin
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Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Merry Christmas Jingle Bells Christ is born and the devil's in hell Hearts they shrink Pockets swell Everybody know and nobody tell Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Oh the sins of Caesar's men cry the pious citizens who petty thieve the 5 & 10s and the big wheels turn around and around Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Blame the angels, blame the fates, Blame the Jews or your sister Kate Teach your children how to hate and the big wheels turn around and around Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Turn your back on weeds you've hoed silly sinful seeds you've sowed Add your straw to the camel's load and the big wheels turn around and around Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Swing your girl fiddler say Later on the piper pay Do see do, swing and sway Dead will dance on judgment day Little Wheel Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around Wake up! The greed that ate us will also eat you. |
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No No Keshagesh
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I never saw so many business suits Never knew a dollar sign could look so cute Never knew a junkie with a money jones Who's buying Park Place? Who's buying Boardwalk? These old men they make their dirty deals Go in the back room and see what they can steal Talk about your beautiful for spacious skies It's about uranium. It's about the water rights Got Mother Nature on a luncheon plate They carve her up and call it real estate Want all the resources and all of the land They make a war over it; they blow things up for it The reservation out at Poverty Row There's something cookin and the lights are low Somebody's tryin to save our Mother Earth I'm gonna Help em to Save it and Sing it and Pray it singin No No Keshagesh you can't do that no more. Ol Columbus he was lookin good When he got lost in our neighborhood Garden of Eden right before his eyes Now it's all spyware Now it's all income tax Ol Brother Midas lookin hungry today What he can't buy he'll get some other way Send in the troopers if the Natives resist Same old story, boys; that's how ya do it boys Look at these people Lord they're on a roll Gotta have it all Gotta have complete control Want all the resources and all of the land They break the law over it; blow things up for it While all our champions are off in the war Their final ripoff here at home is on Mister Greed I think your time has come I'm gonna Sing it and Pray it and Live it and Say it singing No No Keshagesh you can't do that no more. |
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Soldier Blue
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I'll tell you a story and it's a true one and I'll tell it like you understand And I ain't gonna talk like some history maid. I look out and I see a land. Young and lovely. Hard and strong For fifty thousand years we've danced her praises. Prayed our thanks and we've just begun. Yes, Yes Yes this is my country. Young and growing. Free and flowing. Sea to sea. Yes, this is my country. Ripe and bearing miracles in every pond and tree. Her spirit walks the high country. She's giving free wild samples. And setting an example how to give. Yes this is my country Retching and turning She's like a baby learning how to live I can stand upon a hill at dawn Look all around me. Feel her surround me. Soldier blue Can't you see her life has just begun Beating inside us. Telling us she's here to guide us. OO Soldier blue, Soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her. This is my country I sprang from her And I'm learning how to count upon her. Tall trees and the corn is high country. Yes I love her. And I'm learning how to take care of her Whenever the news stories get me down I take a drink of freedom to think of North America from toe to crown It's never long before I know just why I belong here Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? |
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The Priests of the Golden Bull
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Who brought the bomb wrapped in business cards and stained with steak? Who hires a maid to wash his money? Who keeps politicians on the take? Who puts outspoken third-worlders in jail just to shut them down? Oh the lies vary from place to place but the truth is still the same, even in this town Their tongues are silver forks There's a lack of wisdom You can hear it on their breath Windego Third Worlders see it first: the dynamite, the dozers, the cancer and the acid rain The corporate caterpillars come into our backyards and turn the world to pocket change Reservations are the nuclear front line;
uranium poisoning kills We're starving in a handful of gluttons We're drowning in their gravy spills Money junkies all over the world trample us on their way to the bank They run in every race Windego It's delicate confronting these priests of the golden bull They preach from the pulpit of the bottom line Their minds rustle with billion dollar bills You say Silver burns a hole in your pocket and Gold burns a hole in your soul Well, Uranium burns a hole in forever It just gets out of control There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile He raised a crooked sixpence to hide a crooked style He won a crooked vote and smiled a crooked smile Windego Their tongues are silver forks There's a lack of wisdom You can hear it on their breath Windego. |
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Indian legislation's on the desk of a do-right Congressman Now, he don't know much about the issue so he picks up the phone and he asks advice of the senators out in Indian country Darlings of the energy companies who are ripping off what's left of the reservations. Huh. I learned a safety rule I don't know who to thank Don't stand between the reservations and the corporate banks They send in federal tanks It isn't nice but it's reality
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh. They got these energy companies who want the land and they've got churches by the dozen want to guide our hands and sign our Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed Get rich... get rich quick. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee We got the federal marshals We got the covert spies We got the liars by the fire and we got the FBIs They lie in court and get nailed and still Peltier goes off to jail Hey the bullets didn't match the gun Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped The FBIs cut off her hands and told us she'd died of exposure Loo loo loo Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee We had the Gold Rush Wars Aw, didn't we learn to crawl and still our history gets
written in a liar's scrawl They tell ya “Honey, you can still be an Indian d-d-down at the 'Y' on Saturday nights†No Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. |
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Universal Soldier
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He's five foot two and he's six foot four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of 31 and he's only 17 He's been a soldier for a thousand years He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain, A Buddhist, and a Baptist and a Jew And he knows he shouldn't kill and he knows he always will Kill you for me, my friend, and me for you He's fighting for Canada. He's fighting for France. He's fighting for the USA and he's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan And he thinks he'll put an end to war this way He's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the Reds He says it's for the peace of all He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die And he never sees the writing on the wall But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau Without him Caesar would've stood alone He's the one who gives his body as a weapon to a war and without him all this killing can't go on He's the universal soldier and he is really is to blame But his orders come from far away no more They come from him and you and me and Brothers, can't you see this is not the way we put an end to war? |
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Power in the Blood
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GMO GMO has got to go Power in the blood Power in the blood No time for spin-doctors' medicine from corporation government selling me some cover-up Weaponizing pesticides; poison in my groceries Nothing but another drug, a license they can buy and sell I don't mind dying Well I don't mind dying I don't mind dying But when that call it comes I will say no no no to war No time for backhanded compliments From television anchor men desperate for an incident Real estate assassins exploiting our predicament Everything depends upon it being in their interests No I don't mind dying I don't mind dying I don't mind dying When that call it comes, I will say no no no to war There is power in the blood, justice in the soul and when that call it comes I will say no no no to war Power in the blood, justice in the soul When that call it comes I will say no no no to war There's military interest, GMOs in paradise bio-weapons high up on the call sheet Young soldiers driving tanks but old thieves they drive the banks and you never see a uniform on Wall Street There is power in the blood I don't mind dying I don't mind the dying I don't mind dying When that call it comes I will say no no no to war |
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Disinformation
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Coincidence and likely stories they dog your trail like a pack of lies They whine at night when the lights are out You toss and turn You pitch and roll Disinformation, you spin it like a silkworm Just when I need another point of view here you come from nowhere from over the waves I stand amazed I see your greatest hits they blow back down the chimney into everyone's eyes Creative thinking in the first degree You're a three-way mirror of a one-way world It's a perverse company you work for They build the past
It just can't last It's obsolete by design They send you out rerouting history to make the same old mistakes in a brand new way Come out from under cover Ollie Ollie in free Come out come out wherever you are And virgin places don't mean a thing to people who never bring their hearts along and fools like them never fall at all They're tough as sin, let nobody in They turn and spin your wheels and nobody wins Coincidence and likely stories they dog your trail like a pack of lies They whine at night when the lights are out You toss and turn You pitch and roll Disinformation, you spin it like a silkworm. |
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Fallen Angels
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Fallen Angels Fallen Angels I got a man in the business line He power hungry, he's a money mine Smooth as satin he's a big time shark Fallen Angel I got a brother, oo he mean as sin He got a brother who's just like him Living over in Moscow, 2 of a kind. How come the great power got the junkie mind Fallen Angels never get enough Fallen Angels oo oo They got the addictions Fallen Angels They litter the skies Fallen Angels Don't you wanna turn 'em around Turn 'em around I got a man in the USA He runnin' guns with the CIA He's the best that being bad can be Who'd think he do it all for me What's it matter if you're green or red The Yankee dollar or the commie threat When the real power in the real world Gonna deny it all anyway Fallen Angels They never get enough Fallen Angels oo oo They got the addictions Fallen Angels They litter the skies Fallen Angels Don't you wanna turn 'em around Turn 'em around You believe in the system from the top on down Potential is a beautiful thing It's hard to keep believing in the big time Now you're sinking in the wind Star light, star bright Somebody going down tonight Told the truth when it was time to lie You know you got it right Fallen Angels They never gel enough Fallen Angels hoo hoo They got the addictions Fallen Angels They litter the skies Fallen Angels Don't you wanna turn 'em around Turn 'em around Fallen Angels They never get enough Fallen Angels hoo hoo They got the addictions Fallen Angels They litter the skies Fallen Angels Don't you wanna turn 'em around Turn 'em around Turn 'em around |
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Now That the Buffalo's Gone
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Can you remember the times that you have held your head high and told all your friends of your Indian claim Proud good lady and proud good man Some great great grandfather from Indian blood came and you feel in your heart for these ones Oh it's written in books and in song that we've been mistreated and wronged Well over and over I hear those same words from you good lady and you good man Well listen to me if you care where we stand and you feel you're a part of these ones When a war between nations is lost the loser we know pays the cost but even when Germany fell to your hands consider dear lady, consider dear man you left them their pride and you left them their land and what have you done to these ones Has a change come about my dear man or are you still taking our lands A treaty forever your senators sign They do dear lady, they do dear man and the treaties are broken again and again and what will you do for these ones Oh it's all in the past you can say but it's still going on here today The governments now want the Lakota land that of the Inuit and the Cheyenne It's here and it's now you can help us dear man Now that the buffalo's gone. |
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Generation
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Kids were sent from heaven inside to lead you to the future Wrap their eyes in blindfolds and still they'll find their way Blind their lives with pills and lies and still they find their vision And soon they'll leave you to your yesterday And they'll sing bye bye scars of history And bye bye bankers' trust Aquarius is shining and the sun is one of us And me I don't wanna go to the moon I'm gonna leave that moon alone I just want to dance with the Rosebud Sioux this summer Yes, yes, yes The media is saturated but the sweetgrass still grows tall And Jesse John Blackbear talks to God in Cleveland, O-hi-yo And Washington is joking but the Navajos are not And the Senecas just arrived in Arizona. I talked to seven congressmen, their ears were filled with gold That their grandfathers had stolen out of the Black Hills And round and round the dance goes on and the children are idle no more And they will dream the dream my Mother sends to them. And they'll sing bye bye scars of History And bye bye bankers' trust Your Aquarius is shining Honey but the Son is one of us And me I don't wanna go to the moon I'm gonna leave that moon alone I just want to dance with the Rosebud Sioux this summer Yes, yes, yes Wait for me you brown eyed man |
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Working for the Government
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The neighbors like him
 Think he's a great guy
 He wears a neck tie 
He workin for the government

 He get you elected
 He take the heat y'all 
He know the plan yeah he's
 Workin for the government

 Civil servant y'all
 Mufti uniform 
He keep a place in town he 
Workin for the government 

He keep his mouth shut
 Nobody know him
 He G.I. Joe y'all he 
Workin for the government 

Love come around 
He never feel a thing
 He see right through it all he 
Workin for the government

 High places Low places
 Man of influence
 Mister Invisible he 
Workin for the government Hot war Cold war
 M-m-m-money and guns
 It's all the same to him he
 Workin for the government

 Your country My country
 Gun for hire y'all
 Mercenary 101 he
 Workin for the government 

He's a professional
 He James Bond y'all
 He come from nowhere he 
Workin for the government

 Up town down town
 Anywhere the chips come down he
 Your town my town he
 Workin for the government |
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The Big Ones Get Away
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Hey, Baby I just got back from town Where the bribes are paid Honey, they turned my offer down They say the deal's already made So now I gotta stand and watch While it all comes down And the buzzards and the hawks And the judges and the mob Circle round Now if I were the queen of all the world I would go in chains just to see you free Of the ropes that bind you And the role you play And the pride that hooks you While the big ones get away Love junkies wanna change the world: It quickly stays the same and money junkies hire all the smart ones Power junkies run the game One step at a time Polarity Hill If the bad guys don't get you, baby Then the good guys will With angels on the take and the gangsters in the yard Hey don't the wars come easy Hey don't the peace come hard And if I had a way to reach the sky I'd grab that crescent moon wield it like a knife and save you from your lies And the ropes that bind you and the role you play and the game that hooks you while the big ones get away. |
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20.
The War Racket (Unplugged)
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Ooo you're slick - you investors in hate You Saddams and you Bushes; you Bin Ladens and snakes You billionaire bullies; you're a globalized curse You put war on the masses while you clean out the purse and that's how it's done war after war You old feudal parasites just sacrifice the poor You've got the cutting edge weapons but your scam's still the same as it's been since the Romans: it's the patriot game It's the war racket You twisters of language; you creeps of disguise Your disinformation; like worms in your eyes You privileged bankers; you gambler thieves You profit on war; there's less money in peace That's how it's done time after time Country after country, crime after crime You pretend it's religion and there's no one to blame for the dead and impoverished in your little patriot game Honey, that's the war racket Got the world's greatest power and you team up with thugs Make a fortune on weapons, destruction and drugs But your flags & boots & uniforms start to all look the same when both sides are killing in the patriot game: it's the war racket And that's how it's done, and you've got our sons in the crosshairs of horror at the end of a gun and your national anthems start to all smell the same when all sides are dying in the patriot game It's the war racket And war is never, ever holy It's just a greedy men's dream And you two-faced crusaders: both sides are obscene War's not made by God: War's made by men who misdirect our attention while you thieves do your thing And that's how it's done About every 30 years The rich fill their coffers The poor fill with tears The young fill the coffins The old hang a wreath The politicians get photographed with their names underneath. It's the War Racket It's the patriot game It's the war racket |