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Undefeated Year One

by The Gunshy

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No god, no bastard Can force a fence around my home No boss, no pastor Can turn a heart into a stone On Friday I was sure of everyone Dancing at the bar to some sing along songs We laughed and shared a shot while the band played on Hopeful and assured of the days and the weeks to come No god, no bastard Can force a fence around my home No boss, no pastor Can turn a heart into a stone You forced a couple words between the tears Talked of disappointment and all these newfound fears I said, "let it overcome you for a day or two, Then use your desperation to improve, not succumb to." No god, no bastard Can force a fence around my home No boss, no pastor Can turn a heart into a stone It didn't take a president with darker skin than mine For me to give a shit about other people's lives That ain't gonna change, that's never gonna change This land is your land, this land is mine
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On the other side of heaven By the twilight's last gleam I was working for a dollar They were charging by the seat While all the admiration Was wasted on defeat My brother, my mother They were expecting me There can be light without darkness There can be truth with no lies told There can be days spent apart from love Without a need for something new to hold I stood in shallow water While I stared long at the sun The words that I recited Were written for someone Enlightened and excited For what they thought would come I let my head fall slowly But sang no hateful song There can be joy without failure There can be hope with no remorse There can be lives lived completely Without others knowing what they were living for There can be light without darkness There can be truth with no lies told There can be days spent apart from love Without a need for something new to hold
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Monolith 03:58
A needle in hay, a word to a god Who never seemed to listen unless we were doing wrong In the eyes of his messengers, decent & pure Who sold us salvation with a four letter word Now all my fear is truth, so be warned I know color & value, and sift through the loam For purity & spectacle, and cast off the stones Of my nation, my anger, and all of my wealth Through the eye of a needle in the deserts of hell Because all my children need a place to dwell From Niña to Santa María The medicine takes some time to leave you Bathe in the light The light of our kingdom And watch these walls Secure our freedom The leaves on the tree mean nothing to me The roots & the branches are all i need Give me the name of a martyr, the trust of my flock The stripes of my flag folded up in a box For the reach of my empire, noble & broad Cut from the cloth by the teeth of a god Who says all my precious blood could not be wrong And all my heed my word, it won't be long I am the mason, the mortar, the bricks & the mud The sheep of my master swept away in the flood I am a wall, a monolith, a line in the sand With the belt of the Bible pulled tight between my hand
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There’s a place I do believe Where people choose their company Based on hopes, not enemies And they say luxury Is how much time a person can Spend on helping out a friend And a friend can be someone They never met I will teach my unborn son To be proud of where he’s from But to be confidently weak if need be To serve not leader, but country We memorize the lines Of the pledges and the Bibles To remind us of the people we’ve become Distracted by routine And fabricated stories Used to harbor hate and fear Instead of love I will learn from my mistakes I will learn to disengage When my motivation strays from unity Serve not leader, but country For all the times I sat and spoke Another Howard Zinn quote When a kid had no schoolbooks to learn from For every glass of wine I’ve raised To celebrate a raise When my better can’t afford to get drunk I will clench my fist and fight For honesty and civil rights I will sing a battle cry if need be Serve not leader, but country
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I am not pleased to meet you I will never say We’re all pretty good people We just think in different ways While you beg for recognition From the wealthiest of men I will do my own persuading Like a good American I won't expect too much from you If you don't expect from me Respect and admiration A tear when you're impeached These words will never reach you That isn't their intent We all care, we all work Those for whom they’re meant Your ears could never hear me Let alone your soul My home is not a casino My treasure is not gold This song should not have be written I hope it's only need Is to hastily eulogize The spring of 17
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It must have been God's will For cancer to arrive A month before I celebrated 30 years of life It must have been God's will For the letter to arrive from Blue Cross & Blue Shield Saying I'm denied But I trust, I believe In the powers that be For men of God don't slaughter their own sheep It must have been God's will that my beautiful wife Should fall asleep on her drive from work In the middle of the night It must have been God's will that she take the extra shift To pay for all my bills And prescription medicine But I trust, I believe What I hear on Sunday morning And know that my president will help me Whoso stoppeth his ears At the cry of the poor, He also shall cry himself, But shall not be heard​
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I don’t want to have to move to Mars I don’t ever want to say I miss the view out of my car As I pass through Colorado, Tennessee or New Orleans I like to sit outside at bars I don’t want to move to Mars I don’t want to live on a spaceship I don’t ever want to look down and just point at where I lived Or tell my children’s kids about swimming in oceans And climbing old oak trees I don’t want to live on a ship I don’t want to have to move to Mars I don’t want to live on a ship
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Flying high above a schoolyard A cotton cloth raised for a call Tiny eyes are filled with the sky And their hands cover their hearts I wonder what'd be like To be so innocent Pledging to a nation Run by greed and lead by sin Cause I see stars and bars They've got no color anymore No color anymore Burning brightly in a street where We'll stop to take a stand So hold stead fast with your sisters And take your brothers hand Cause I see stars and bars They've got no color anymore No color anymore Cause I see stars and bars They've got no color anymore
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Company 02:55
​I drank a little too much and could hardly play the show last night I forgot the words I wrecked my head trying to write I made an ass out of myself to the ten friends who showed So I gave them booze so tomorrow they might know Me for my generosity And not my inabilities Maybe in 50 or so years some younger drunk Will stumble towards these stories of highways and hazy loves Hear an Undefeated song and try to change the world Or hear a quiet one and want to raise their baby girl But for me, I think it might be time To let sleeping dogs lie I'll take my daughter to the festivals my band used to play I'll sing along to records I once thought that I could make And though I'll still write all the time, I'll keep my litte rhymes In an old, dusty hard drive You see, if they don't command company They don't deserve a longer life.
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Ray 03:11
I haven’t a lot to say All we do is wait I’m the sergeant Of the guard again today They took Ray to England So maybe he can make The trip, though his strength Will never be the same He is a good friend I’d venture to call him the best Soon you’ll see Massachusetts In the fall when the leaves turn red That’s when he says is the best time to visit Though it’s quiet you flinch When you hear an accident Like they lied And it’s still not over yet Then you smile and swear At anyone who is there A halfhearted chuckle you share No more of my time Will I spend in those old dives Though I’ll go if dad would like As he’s told on careless nights I’m not the same guy They will remain Good friends of mine And I’d like to see them From time to time But with all that I’ve seen And all that I’ve tasted In the days since our concerns Were feeble kind I don’t need to be wasted anymore To occupy my time
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Election Day 03:51
It was good to be alive in 1989 I was barely ten years old, I played basketball each night We had George Bush the first, but weren’t talking abut war The government was poor, the economy would dive But it was still good to be alive in 1989 There can be no story Somebody else writes That defines or determines my life It was good to be alive in 1999 A twenty year old kid drinking beer every night They say the president lied when he cheated on his wife We refused to give up nukes, let our history die It was still good to be alive in 1999 There can be no story Somebody else writes That defines or determines my life It was good to be alive in 2017 I earned another name, I sang for her some things I saw the stars and stripes willfully divide At the scream of lonely leaders all to eager to compete It was still good to be alive in 2017 Hope for those who don’t Love for those who won’t Trump hate that has no place Trump fear forced in your face Die at 95 With your daughter and wife At your side For there can be no story Somebody else writes That defines or determines their lives
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released November 20, 2016

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