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"This country built from the bricks of multiple nations blood and tears"
lyrics
"LAND OF THE FREE"
THE SOUND OF THE SIRENS AND THE DOGS OF WAR
REMIND WE WE ARE HERE
THE LEGS OF A RABBIT NEVER WINS THE RACE
WHERE THE LIGHTS OF A TRUCK ARE GOD
HOLD ON HOLD ON HERE COMES THE LIGHTNING ROD
CHORUS
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF THE FREE
YOU WILL SEE
THE WOUNDED SHELL OF DEMOCRACY
TO YOU AND ME
A PLACE WHERE THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
FOR ALL TO SEE
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF THE FREE
EXCEPT TO THE LIKES
OF YOU AND ME.
THE DIPLOMATIC INTERVENTION IN THE CASE OF THE
IMMIGRANTS DETENTION WAS CLEAR
DEPORTATION OF THE ALIEN INVASION ARE
THE WORDS TO STIKE THE FEAR
A COUNTRY BUILT FROM THE BRICKS OF MULTIPLE
NATIONS BLOOD AND TEARS....who are we now?
CHORUS
THE POLICY DECISIONS OF THE RIGHT WING POLITICIANS
MAKES THE ANSWERS SEEM SO EASY
CALL THEM `THEM` AND THEY WILL BECOME THEM
AND THE QUESTION OF COLOUR BECOMES THE COLOUR OF
THEM
THIS STATEMENT MUST MAKE ME A COMMUNIST OR
JUST ANOTHER ONE....OF THEM
On this harmonically rich LP, the Scottish singer-songwriter contrasts gorgeous soprano harmonies with strident folk-rock instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 26, 2023