Текст песни Misc Unsigned Bands - David R Mohr - Takin My Land

Takin' My Land
Lyrics: David R. Mohr Tempo: 112
Music: David R. Mohr Copyright June 29, 2005
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{Intro:}       -     
I've been livin' here since the day I was conceived
My daddy lived his whole life here b'fore me
My grandpa came and settled this here lot
He told me so back when I was still a tot

{Bridge:} 
 Now they say we live in freedom, have the right to speak and choose
 But the only time you're really free is when they take it all from you

{Chorus:}
 There're takin' all my land out from under me
 But it ain't for the betterment of society
 Some business men who paid off the right jury & judge
 Made it legal for them to take my land from me

I've been livin' my simple life for oh so long now
I've grown old and now my row is tough to hoe
I sell my boiled peanuts on my lot just off the road
But you'd better hurry down my friends they're comin' for my soul

Now I've got nowhere to go and rest my tired bones
And the cash they put into my hands was really an insult
And while I spend my final days livin' in my poverty
The law is on their side to steal my land from me

 Now they say we live in freedom, have the right to speak and choose
 But the only time you're really free is when they take it all from you

{Solo:}

When the founding fathers wrote the words of this land
They said it was by, for and of the people's hand 
Somewhere someone must've given those words a twitch
What they really meant to say: it's of and by and for the rich!

 There're takin' all my land out from under me
 But it ain't for the betterment of society
 Some business men who paid off the right jury & judge
 Made it legal for them to take my land from me

I've been livin' here since the day I was conceived
Feels like I sold my land for a pocket full of beads
I sympathize with all you natives because now I see
I can't stop them - there're takin' my land from me
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I can't stop them - there're takin' my land from me {end quick a cappella}