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Now, Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
Oh now, Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
No, he’d fill them up a plate, ask if they wanted any more
Aw Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
Oh now, I ain’t no necromantic mage
I said I ain’t no necromantic mage
But it’s easier to raise the dead than raise the living wage
And I ain’t even no necromantic mage
Oh now, Jesus don’t care if you’re queer
I said Jesus don’t care if you’re queer
No, he’d look you in the eyes and say “I’m so glad that you’re here”
Aw Jesus don’t care if you’re queer
Oh now, jailbird why don’t you sing?
I said jailbird why don’t you sing?
Well these prisons built for profit, they don’t fix a goddamn thing
They’re just fixed to bring the jailbird right back in
Oh now, Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
Oh now, Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
And he sure as hell wouldn’t send out bombs in a genocidal war
Oh Jesus, oh Jesus
Aw Jesus wouldn’t drug test the poor
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I don't want your millions, Mister
I don't want your diamond ring
All I want is the right to live, Mister
Give me back my job again
Now, I don't want your Tesla, Mister
I don't want to go to Mars
All I want's food for my babies
Not foreign wars or flying cars
I don't want your millions, Mister
I don't want your diamond ring
All I want is the right to live, Mister
Give me back my job again
We worked to build this country, Mister
While you enjoyed a life of ease
You've stolen all that we built, Mister
Now our children starve and freeze
I don't want your millions, Mister
I don't want your diamond ring
All I want is the right to live, Mister
Give me back my job again
Think me dumb if you wish, Mister
Call me an enemy within
This one thing I sure know, Mister
In the end you will not win
So, I don't want your millions, Mister
Can’t buy my vote with your greenbacks
All I want is democracy, Mister
Give to me my country back
Give to me my country back
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Meet Me In St. Louis
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Less than ten years from right now, we tried to warn ya
They just sold water rights to California
A billion dollar deal and it feels so slight
Least we still have dynamite
Mmmmmmm
Mmmmmmm
They want a mine outside the waters
They're bettin' on that you forgot her
But ol' mother earth she's got the people in her corner
From Duluth to Kettle Falls
And the world is on the brink
And the ship's about to sink
There's nothing I love more than you
Somehow we'll see it all through
And if the whole thing goes ka-bloo-ie
Well, I'll meet you in Saint Louie
It's twenty years from now and all the kids are grown
They're reaping everything their grandparents had sown
Longer summers and the winters without snow
We're not the only ones to blame
Oh no
We didn't do everything right
My god, we're giving them a fight
For cleaner water, sacred land and stone
'neath the hum of unmanned drones
And the world is past the brink
And the ship's starting to sink
But there's so much left to love
And when push comes to shove
'less that war machine tears through me
I'll meet you in Saint Louie
It's fifty years from now and I am dead and gone
The earth holds onto everyone she ever loved
Blood, sweat, and tears were shed but not in vain
For the waters, they remain
A sanctuary in the woods
For all that's right and all that's good
thanks to the brave souls just like yours
she's preserved forevermore
And the world's still past the brink
And that ship's already sank
All we've got is all we are
And despite all of our scars
We somehow found our way through this
So meet me in Saint Louis
County, that is
In beautiful Minnesota
Where another world is possible
Ohhhh
Ohhhhh
Ohhhhhhh
Ohhhhhhh
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Ross Thorn Duluth, Minnesota
With a pastoral upbringing in northern Wisconsin, Ross Thorn’s music emanates as a warm and soulful hymn, waking up optimistically beside a snow covered window. His sharply crafted lyrics – distinctly reminiscent to the likes of John Prine – reveal internal struggles of empathy, questions of human character and virtue, and a search for hope – often finding solace in some unanticipated truth. ... more
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