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Greedy Guts

from Dystopian Weekends by Leeroy Stagger

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Greedy guts came paddling down the Ottawa river
Looking for a claim to call his own
Staring off into a newborn nation
on a landscape of stolen land and snow

Greedy guts was whistling out some forgotten tune
Something about destiny and fear
He was talking some jive about moral superiority
While the heat was rising around here

Oohhhhh momma, What has been delivered?
What has caused this darkness to remain?

Oohhhhh momma, everything is changing
And I’m not sure that I can stand this pain

Greedy guts was buying up all the land and timber
Damning up the rivers lakes and streams
He sure as heck, was no friend to the poor
And he was stealing all the young persons dreams

The air was thick with smoke and gasoline
The water full of cancer and cocaine
Some people got together tried drive him out
But greedy and his cronies would remain

Oohhhhh momma, What has been delivered?
What has caused this, darkness to remain?

Oohhhhh momma, everything is changing
And I’m not so sure, that I can stand this pain

You can rage against the broken dreams,
kick against the apathetic pricks
Make signs, sing out, even get arrested
But you might get nothing but a truncheon stick and bricks

They sang out, This brand of Freedom, is a prison
We are slaves to the practice of liberty
More disrupters, more earth based religion
And more time in nature for folks like you and me

One day Greedy guts, fell hard from on high
A wasted life of extravagance and fool hearty ways
We will not look kindly to the history he destroyed
and the reign of greedy gut’s days

Oohhhhh momma, Did I see you crying?
What has caused this? I can feel your pain

Oohhhhh momma, everything is changing
And I don’t know how, we all can remain

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from Dystopian Weekends, released October 15, 2021

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Leeroy Stagger

Leeroy Stagger is an award winning singer songwriter and Producer from Victoria B.C Canada. He has toured and played with artists such as Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Drive By Truckers, Josh Ritter and more.

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