Drummer Boy

from Self-titled by Shea Seger

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lyrics

Drummer boy

so you got yourself a drummer boy

put him in the front

it will never be a son of yours

to pay for what you want

justice only goes so far

when a killer wants to hunt

watch your mouth

tone of voice
can give way to deceit

watch the steps

your ignorance can give way to defeat

watch the starving children

as they’re dying in the streets

don’t you know
don’t you know

I guess you don’t know

didn’t your daddy ever tell you boy

this life is not a game

or did he feel he’d done enough

by giving you his name

don’t you know your history
man
the politics of shame

the church who is responsible

for making you their man

present themselves as gullable

like puppets on a hand

i stand here on another shore

to watch this all play out

so helpless to project the truth

what this is all about

it is plain to see
you’ve had your chance

and soon your day will come

when the innocent shall rise against

the one they called their own

but go ahead and stall some more

what the hells another day

because none of yours will bear the chores

or ever take the blame

there is nothing more to answer for

when the garden reaps its hate

and carries on for lifetimes long

while the foxes eat the grapes

‘tis always more then you bargain for

when you tempt the hands of fate

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from Self-titled, released July 19, 2010
shea seger: vocals, acoustic guitar
brian standefer: cello
warren hood: fiddle
bukka allen: accordian

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