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500 Years

from Blues Filter Through by MoZo

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i had my thanksgiving meal on reservation land in the fall of 2005
and this is what we’ve come to for 500 years
of taking everything you want then cast the rest aside

and the slot machines, they were ringing and dinging
and the lights were blindingly bright
and this is what we’ve come to for 500 years
some tax-free cigarettes and cheap booze and beer

i’d headed to new mexico to see my friends outside of santa fe
this is what i’ve come to for 26 years
i put my money down in that place for a pretty good buffet

i was raised in Massachusetts right by the sea
it’s where the wampanoag used to live
but most of all that’s left of them are signs you have to read
and none’ll mention this place’s other violent history

most of what you’ll read about is peaceful colonies
that indians shared food and everyone was friendly but
the reality is that 500 years
is 3 times as long as it’ll take to make whole cultures disappear

but i love where i live and i keep good company
and most of the time it seems like everybody’s free
it’s just the government that never really represents me

like back in the fall of 2004
i didn’t want to live in my country anymore
so i thought about canada my neighbors to the north
cuz they didn’t seem to hate as much and they never started wars

or i think i might like to settle down in the south of france
cuz everyone i know now they’re makin’ brand new plans
while the bible belt is loosening itself
to manage the weight of the united states
and for every new hole that gets punched in our soul,
it’s a thousand hours of toil to make it whole

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from Blues Filter Through, released February 24, 2009
moe provencher

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