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Farewell To Welfare

from 272 by Walter King

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lyrics

Something is wrong here.
We don't speak anymore.
There's a rift in the sky.
I can't turn a blind eye.
Evil has invaded the throne.

No matter how much we hurt (bleed)
No matter how much we cry (die)
Nothing seems to help.
Please tell me why
we're living such trying times.

But when you're looking back at history.
You lift yourself above the lies.
You'll see (you just might see)
this just might be the changing tides.

[whispered]
Live above the lies.

Give me a show.
Give me your soul.
Let it all go.
Feel free to live and grow...

My love.
My son.
You're facing such a dark demise.
The stuff we use to grow our crops
poisons the water
when will it stop?
Political divides and corporate lies! (X2)

...lies beneath the rubble.
(Something wicked this way comes.
Something with a sinister mind of the almighty).

We're in serious trouble.
(Open yourself up and let us in.
Vice like a viceroy, you'll never be the same again.)

A system used and abused by the wealthy.
(The only thing trickling from bottomless pockets...ets...tits...)

Takin' all they can from the poor and unhealthy.
(Is the budget increase for bottle-less rockets...ets...tits...)

Knock it down and sell 'em what he needs to pick it back up.
A tangerine-in-chief in charge of a half-empty glass cup.

This cup is always empty...

Give me a show.
Give me your soul.
Let it all go.
Feel free to live and grow...

My love.
My son.
You're facing such a dark demise.
The stuff we use to grow our crops
poisons the water
when will it stop?
Political divides and corporate lies! (X2)

They rule the day.
They chase the night away.
Their standin' in our way.
Revolution.
Civil disobedience.
Only then is progress made.

[spoken word]

The only thing trickling from bottomless pockets
is the budget increase for bottle-less rockets.

Knock it down and sell 'em what he needs to pick it back up.
A tangerine-in-chief in charge of a half-empty glass cup.

Something is wrong here.
We don't speak anymore.
There's a rift in the sky.
I can't turn a blind eye
anymore.

No matter how much we hurt (bleed)
No matter how much we cry (die)
Nothing seems to help.
Please tell me why
we're living such trying times.

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from 272, released April 8, 2018

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Walter King Veneta, Oregon

There's not a whole lot to say. I am self-produced, self-taught, and a life-long musician.

My biggest influences are musicians like those in The Mars Volta, Between The Buried And Me, Incubus, and movie soundtracks. Lots of movie stuff!

You can find my stuff here and that's about it for now. ... more

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