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tiny boxes

from your own true man by Dan Johnson

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apartment buildings on the river banks
all shot up with bullet holes
theres craters in the playgrounds
the hospitals have fallen down
and the people were put in boxes
and laid underneath the dirt
little boxes tiny boxes
all made out of cut down trees

tiny boxes on the hillside
wood and plastic siding
no match for the gunships
that prowl the air
you need concrete
you need iron
to survive the shelling
and the snipers on the rooftops
with bullets from americay

tiny boxes full of bullets
shipped around the continents
and missiles oh missiles
underneath the green waves
boxes tiny boxes
were gonna need more tiny boxes
they wont rest until they put us
all in tiny boxes

yes its sad that your parents
made you go to college
they didnt let you become
the person you were meant to be
but it aint so bad
after all
you get to run the big war machine
making boxes tiny boxes
all full of tiny moneys

boxes tiny boxes
all filled up with dollar bills
you can bury them
with you parents all over the hills
and when our children
cry for freedom
and complain about the boxes
just tell them what ive told you
and all will be okay

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from your own true man, released June 1, 2018

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Dan Johnson Burlington, Vermont

low key folk music - (how many?) records, a few (dozen?) years worth of weird gigs, no pressure y'all... did shows with some great folks and I just love country bluegrass and any kinda folk song mostly...

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