Stephen Burt mitunes songs
I used to live by a golf course
And I never could understand
Why there were all these fences
To keep us off the land
The wealthy played on the green fields
Hitting two strokes under par
While we kids played round the back of the shops
In among the parked cars
There are streets in America
Where strangers aren't allowed
If you're not in their community
They can shut you out
And there are thousands in Syria
On the run to god knows where
Cos there are hordes that are holding up boards
Saying they should stay there
Gun in my hand
Here I stand
Get off my land
Or I'm gonna shoot you
Or I'm gonna
shoot you
The seas and fields and the mountains
Are ours as well as theirs
It's obscene but it always has been
so no-one really cares
It's everybody's planet
It's just not theirs to sell
I hope the meek will inherit the earth
and they go to hell
And I never could understand
Why there were all these fences
To keep us off the land
The wealthy played on the green fields
Hitting two strokes under par
While we kids played round the back of the shops
In among the parked cars
There are streets in America
Where strangers aren't allowed
If you're not in their community
They can shut you out
And there are thousands in Syria
On the run to god knows where
Cos there are hordes that are holding up boards
Saying they should stay there
Gun in my hand
Here I stand
Get off my land
Or I'm gonna shoot you
Or I'm gonna
shoot you
The seas and fields and the mountains
Are ours as well as theirs
It's obscene but it always has been
so no-one really cares
It's everybody's planet
It's just not theirs to sell
I hope the meek will inherit the earth
and they go to hell
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