BASTARD'S BLUES

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"I got the shell shock shakes and the jimmy legs - I ain't gonna settle down
this country's full of well-armed children - some came to this town
the pale man flail his fresh-made hand-hole, blood spray everywhere
he'd rather lose a couple fingers than give a buck to spare

Hands numb - knees cavin' in
I'm damn small when hot lead's flyin'
but carpet ain't no place to drown
I ain't gonna get shot lying down

officer said tell me son 'what happened - what ya see?'
his badge bent once for every grave he filled with a baby*
this bloodhound just want me to point him on the trail to kill
no justice would come from my words so my lips staying still

Hands numb - knees cavin' in
I'm damn small when hot lead's flyin'
but carpet ain't no place to drown
I ain't gonna get shot lying down

Smoke in my throat and a boot on my neck
hungry enough to eat my bounced CERB check
dust where the Fraser River used to run
self care failed - imma hurt someone

Smoke in my throat and a boot on my neck
hungry enough to eat my bounced CERB check
dust where the Fraser River used to run
self care failed - imma hurt someone

Cuz it's dry dry dry as a bone
and THE PIG CANT BUY NO RAIN
it's dry dry dry as a bone
and THE PIG CANT BUY NO RAIN
it's dry dry dry in Sim City**
and THE PIG CANT BUY NO RAIN

Hands numb - knees cavin' in
I'm damn small when hot lead's flyin'
but carpet ain't no place to drown
I ain't gonna get shot lying down"

*
https://www.vallejosun.com/how-badge-bending-became-a-ritual-among-vallejo-police/

** https://www.pivotlegal.org/criminalization_police_accountability