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The Priests Of The Golden
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
жанры: folk, singer-songwriter, native american, female vocalists, 60s, folk rock
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Who brought the bomb wrapped up in business cards And stained with steak? Who hires a maid to wash his money? Who keeps politicians on the take? Who puts outspoken third-worlders in jail Just to shut them down? Oh the lies vary from place to place but the [bad word] is still the same, Even in this town Money junkies all over the world Trample us on their way to the bank [bad word] in every race Windego Third-worlders see it first: The dynamite, the dozers, the cancer and the acid rain The corporate [bad word] into our backyards And turn the world to pocket change Reservations are the nuclear frontline; Uranium poisoning kills We're starving in a handful of gluttons We're drowning in their gravy spills Their tongues are silver forks There's a lack of wisdom, You can hear it on their breath Windego It's delicate confronting these priests of the golden bull They preach from the pulpit of the bottom line Their [bad word] with million dollar bills You say Silver burns a hole in your pocket And Gold burns a hole in your soul Well, uranium burns a hole in forever It just gets out of control There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile He raised a crooked sixpence to hide a crooked style He won a crooked vote and smiled a crooked smile Windego Their tongues are silver forks There's a lack of wisdom, You can hear it on their breath Windego
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