I Taught You How to Hang Out

from Bandera II by Bandera

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another year of running the road
another year of victims for the tax on the poor
another year of sin grown out of desire
another year of losing touch with the thought that less means more

and once we institute the plan there ain't no future
so we pack up and just start again
you lead a simple kind of life well then we'll suit you
until your land has dried and died in vain

another day of windows closed on the hands
and barring teeth that bite to feed
another day to scrounge and forage a way
to build a path that leads to light
another day to perpetuate a picture
that just grows and sits on display
another day another dollar but only for some
the rest just hang our heads and say

I can't believe that they didn't see a future
where can we go? where can we start again?
everything they could provide is gone
and our land is dried and died in vein

decisions decisions
to walk where we crawl
decisions decisions
and kill for it all
decisions decisions
to stick to the plan
decisions decisions
and creep through their hands

buy the fort sell it off just stay at ease
by the courts what we sell is what we keep

placing arrows just to mark where we have been
our footprints mark the surface of the sun
my arms bent back against time
I refuse to confide within your shelter
just for you to dictate how to behave
I don't want your guidance i don't want to be saved

I don't want to be saved.

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from Bandera II, released July 31, 2011

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