| The prairie yankee does the dance of the redskin to
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| the songs of the Yanglse and he doesn’t even know it.
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| My bluegrass fathers sing and dance like the Gaelics with the
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| tools of the Sangalese that they took and never said «thank you».
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| It wou…
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| ldn’t be so bad if they didn’t change hands with a gun.
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| It wouldn’t be so bad if the old west were never won.
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| And when we learn about trade, we really learn about swine,
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| I could pick up that banjo and everything would be just fine
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| Come on, Cringe, your skin is soiled 'cause your cousins have sinned.
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| Fire, retire, and wipe your hands on your companies seams.
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| Cold, Gold, They built their fortunes on the weakest of stones.
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| And no I don’t feel guilt, OK, but only sometimes
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| When Khubla Khan rode the railroad, he got off at every stop.
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| When Jesus Jones lynched his neighbor that borrowed music never quit.
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| So I’m gonna kick it once again so
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| you boys can get it through your heads.
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| My guitar’s stained with blood,
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| from the head on up the neck 'cause some things were never said.
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| Yeah, some things were never said |