Name: I’ll Get Off Your Ass If You Get Off My Soul
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Description: Single. Written after the start of the Occupy Movement, in support of.

I’ll Get Off Your Ass If You Get Off My Soul

from Sound & Time Vol. II - Room Full of Toys by Michael McGuire

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Single. Written after the start of the Occupy Movement, in support of.

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From my window all I see is my backyard,
From the windows on the world I can see times are hard,
From little pockets big money is easily made,
This is how the debts of Wall Street are paid,
This is the kind of freedom that’s surely not free,
The politicians bribe is the banker's fee,
Is it asking too much for you to take a little less,
Just leave a bit more for all the rest.

All we want is a measure of control,
I’ll get off your ass if you get off my soul.

Pawns of history from John Brown to Roy Brown,
We got rid of the king but we kept the crown,
Union members dwindle to the routine-incorporated,
If you can’t learn to see with your eyes you will be indoctrinated,
Those rusty-revolutions fought way back when,
We think it couldn’t happen here but think again,
When the people wake up from this American dream,
They’ll see this good night’s sleep was just a god damn scheme.

All we want is a measure of control,
I’ll get off your ass if you get off my soul.

I’m doing pretty well in this lost suburban sprawl,
But I’m only a few bucks away from losing it all,
You really don’t have a thing when your just a slave to all you own,
A lifetime of debt can hardly be called a loan,
They say consider yourself lucky to have a job at all,
They entice you with flight just to inspire you to crawl,
So we betray ourselves and embrace the enemy,
And for the sake of our daily-bread forsake our liberty.

All we want is a measure of control,
I’ll get off your ass if you get off my soul.

Oct. 11

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from Sound & Time Vol. II - Room Full of Toys, released January 6, 2015

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