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Grampa's Suit

by Dan Sullivan

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1.
Make America Rake Again 03:19
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We’re gonna rake the forest and sweep the floor Grab a broom at the hardware store The fire is spreading and that ain’t all The Caravan is coming and they’re climbing the walls Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em right down to the seeds ‘Cause there ain’t no smoking when we’re raking leaves The Big Train is rolling and it’s almost there The Trump Train engineer is Smokey the Bear Well the Fox News Team is fanning the flames Everybody else is praying for rain The Big Fire Chief has finally arrived And he’s looking for Pleasure in Paradise He’s talking ‘bout Pleasure in Paradise Well, we’ll work by day and we’ll work by dark Gonna rake up every National Park Gonna make America Rake Again Just keep your eyes on the Caravan Gonna rake ‘em up and shake ‘em down Gonna bleed ‘em dry and then leave town So it’s into the fire from the frying pan Just keep your eyes on the Caravan Well the Fox News Team is fanning the flames Everybody else is praying for rain The Big Fire Chief has finally arrived And he’s looking for Pleasure in Paradise Some of us wondering what happened to his mind Shoop, shoop, raking ‘em up (repeat and fade out)
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That Old Wooden Cross 03:05
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Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross When the ship I am sailing on is battered and tossed When the winds of despair blow and all hope seems lost Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross Taunted with curses and beaten with fists They tied Him to a post and scourged Him with whips His friends and disciples had all disappeared With Faith in the Father, alone He faced his fear Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross When the ship I am sailing on is battered and tossed When the winds of despair blow and all hope seems lost Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross Mocked and derided and sentenced to death They placed a crown of thorns upon His bloody head Marched up a hill not far outside town They nailed Him to a cross and stuck it in the ground Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross When the ship I am sailing on is battered and tossed When the winds of despair blow and all hope seems lost Let my Faith be as sturdy as That Old Wooden Cross
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American Elegy (on the Eve of Kavanaugh's confirmation) 02:31
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There’s a party, a political party And it’s heart is black as coal And It worships wealth and power For it doesn’t have a soul The members of this party Wear the finest suits and clothes And if they ever had a conscience They lost it long ago They have raised up corporations High above the common folk They have squandered our resources While the country’s going broke They have set the scales of justice With false balances and weights And retained their hold on power Sowing strife and hate Now they say God uses evil To chastise when He must So I guess Trump and McConnell Is his way to punish us
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The Good Old Days 02:59
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Sitting on the front porch Watching the cars go by The hay is in the barn And the clothes are on the line The circus roustabouts Have taken down the tent Summer’s almost gone again And I wonder where it went Take me back to the good old days And corner grocery stores Hopscotch on the sidewalk Linoleum on the floor Swing sets in the backyard Laughter in the air When the world didn’t seem so crazy And we didn’t have a care Hula Hoops and scooters Roller skates and bikes Mass on Sunday morning Disney Sunday night Linda’s playing jumpin’ jacks With cousin Terry Sue Mom is in the kitchen Dad’s watching the evening news Buster Brown and Saddle Shoes Would take you anywhere You could get an Ice Cream sandwich If you had a dime to spare
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Don't Tell Me 02:38
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Don’t tell me you love me if you don’t Don’t make me believe, then crush my hopes Before we go any further I need to know You won’t tell me you love me if you don’t The cruelest lie the world has ever heard Is “I love you” when you don’t mean a single word Before we go any further I need to know You won’t tell me you love me if you don’t It’s a sin to tell a lie And everybody knows The cruelest lie of all Is "I love you" when you don’t Don’t tell me you miss me if you don’t Don’t say you’ll always be here if you won’t Before we go any further I need to know You won’t tell me you love me if you don’t
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Let's Vote! 02:30
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If you’re sick of Trump’s hate and fear His bigotry, his lies and smears Here’s how we make him disappear - Let’s Vote Let’s Vote! Let’s Vote! On Election Day tell everyone you know Let’s Vote Come November we got a chance If we stick together and take a stance Put on your shoes and your Big Girl pants- Let’s Vote Let’s Vote! (Don’t be a dope) Let’s Vote! (Don’t lose Hope) On Election Day tell everyone you know Let’s Vote Mitch McConnell and his pals in town Are stealing everything that’s not nailed down A Republican Congress full of nothing but bums Let’s send ‘em all back where they come from instrumental Let’s Vote! Let’s Vote! On Election Day tell everyone you know Let’s Vote On Election Day tell your Mom and Pop Let’s Vote On Election Day tell the whole damn country Let’s Vote
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Wasting Away 03:22
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His heart is bitter and whiskey stained Where once there was love nothing remains All he has left besides a bad name Is the pride that he takes inflicting pain Sing a sad song of a life lived in vain Once full of promise now wasting away His Momma remembers once in awhile The heart full of joy he had as a child And in her sad eyes she still sees his smile Not the sneering looks or the heartless guile Sing a sad song of a life lived in vain Once full of promise now wasting away Nobody knows where he went wrong Nobody knows the reasons why But something changed in him a long time ago Now there’s nothing good left inside
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The Imperceptible Change 03:12
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Maybe I was too close to you Or you to close to me Maybe we changed so slowly There was no way we could see Each day seemed the same as the last one Differences seemed so small We got so used to subtle changes We didn’t see them at all But If I could have time-lapse photographed us Just a single change a day The movie would have clearly captured The Imperceptible Change Maybe I grew apart from you Or you apart from me Somehow we started looking At each other differently Each day seemed the same as the last one Disagreements seemed so small We got so used to subtle changes We didn’t see them at all If I could have time-lapse photographed us Just a single change a day The movie would have clearly captured The Imperceptible Change
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Grampa's Suit 04:14
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I remember goin’ down to the farm when I was just a boy Easter Sunday and Gramma taking pictures with her polaroid And how Grampa Jake would fuss and moan when Gramma told him to put his suit on He said clothes like that shouldn’t be seen anywhere much less on a farm But Jake loved Gramma so he’d wear that suit for her Though it didn’t really fit him it wasn’t in his nature to hurt And you know that picture doesn’t do justice to Jake And I guess he was right when he said “Don’t judge a man by the clothes he wears or the picture he takes” God, family and country and the good earth that he worked Call ‘em simple values but he gave ‘em all he was worth Gramma was his love and their children were his pride And their children were his joy and it all showed in his eyes ‘Cause Jake loved Gramma and he’d wear that suit for her Though it didn’t really fit him it wasn’t in his nature to hurt And you know that picture doesn’t do justice to Jake And I guess he was right when he said “Don’t judge a man by the clothes he wears or the picture he takes” Mama got a call one morning and I went with her to Gramma’s house I didn’t know what dying was but I soon found out We buried Jake on Friday and I cried to face the truth And just as he would have wished it Grampa wore his suit ‘Cause Jake loved Gramma and he’d wear that suit for her Though it didn’t really fit him it wasn’t in his nature to hurt And you know that picture doesn’t do justice to Jake And I guess he was right when he said “Don’t judge a man by the clothes he wears or the picture he takes”
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Let The Bells Ring Aloud 03:44
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Let The Bells Ring Aloud ©Dan Sullivan 2018 When the storms of righteous anger Flash across a purple sky Let The Bells Ring Aloud from the steeple When the flags of forlorn hope Are finally lowered down Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people Let the Bells ring aloud Let people celebrate Let voices rise in song Above the dying voice of hate When their children walk in freedom Where men once walked in chains Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people When every Congressman is made To account for every lie Let The Bells Ring Aloud from the steeple And when the President confesses To each and every crime Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people Let The Bells Ring Aloud Let the whole world celebrate Let laughter ring again Above the dying voice of hate When the outcast and the homeless Finally catch a break Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people When the ghosts of corporate plunder No longer write our laws Let The Bells Ring Aloud from the steeple When the noise of fearful hatred Is finally given pause Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people Let The Bells Ring Aloud For the cast off and forsaken For those denied a chance And every heart awakened When the dark clouds of despair Are scattered to the wind Let The Bells Ring Aloud from the steeple Let The Bells Ring Aloud for the people
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I Guess I'll Get Stoned 02:30
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There’s the sad smell of cheap perfume Hanging in the air A few ash trays of what’s left Of whoever was here Now he’s gone and I’m home But it don’t feel like home Keep on sleeping baby I guess I’ll get stoned Stoned, I’ll get stoned Stoned as a body can be Feeling all alone I guess I’ll get stoned The last few weeks or so You ain’t had much to say And when I’m talking to you You look the other way I should have known long before You finally let me know Now sure as Hell I can tell I’m gonna get stoned Stoned, I’ll get stoned Stoned as a body can be Feeling all alone I guess I’ll get stoned

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released October 18, 2018

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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