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The Cause (because) - Bob Read and Jim Matheson

by Bob Read

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1.
Mother Earth 04:53
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Mother Earth Life oozing from the body Blood dripping from the wounds Hers is a long hard story Oh, a loveless honeymoon Started with the invention of man Who thought himself oh so grand That he was able to stand To walk without bending down Mother Earth, Mother Earth Hope you haven’t spent your life in vain Mother Earth, you deserve To never have to feel such pain It’s getting worse, oh Mother Earth Can’t stop your dying by myself I’m pleading, calling out, Calling out to get some help Caveman killed the bounty Natives tilled the soil But then man poured the concrete And covered up her soul Poisoned the air that she breathed Spoiled her living seas Now she lies here unable to stop To stop the wounds that bleed Mother Earth, Mother Earth I hope you haven’t spent your life in vain Mother Earth, oh you deserve To never have to feel such pain It’s getting worse, oh it’s getting worse Mother Earth Can’t stop your dying by myself I’m pleading, calling out, calling out Calling out to get some help.
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No More Living In The Third World 05:03
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No More Living In The Third World You keep us in our places with your military might Spend all our money and tell us that it’s right This greedy business creeps into our lives If you take it all how can we survive It’s a matter of economy Can’t you see, can’t you see Oh, you don’t need it all It’s a big mistake If you had a heart Well, you could stop the race There’d be no more living in the third world You think we should eat what you won’t eat yourself Try strange new drugs, playing with our health Defective genes, rejected lives Deformed children play before our eyes Do you need that car Or that new TV? You don’t need it all It’s a big disgrace If you had a heart We could all keep pace And there’d be no more living in the third world Oh you level out our landscape, replace it with a void Same with our hopes, our culture is destroyed You direct the way we run our government With the tried and true carrot and the stick It’s just bribery, Connivery, can’t you see Oh, you don’t need it all It’s a big mistake If you had heart We could all save face You don’t need it all, It’s a big mistake If you had a heart There’d be no more living in the third world You don’t need it all, It’s a big disgrace If you had a heart There’d be no more living in the third world You don’t need it all, It’s a big mistake If you had a heart There’d be no more living in the third world You don’t need it all, It’s a big disgrace If you had a heart There’d be no more living in the third world You don’t need it all!!
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The Party's Over 04:06
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The Party’s Over Did you think that you would be President for eternity You had your fun, take your cash Run away Save it for another rainy day. You got your paintings, got your gold From the country you just sold You were the bane of the neighbourhood Run away We don’t want to play today. You run, you hide No one invites you anymore The party’s over, You scream, you cry It doesn’t matter what you do The party’s over. How could you have stooped so low To have reaped but never sewn Hack and burn, parch the land, Run away. Trying to live off this land of clay. Are you the only one or is it true That there are others just like you To take your place now that you’re gone Run away. Where oh where to run today. You run, you hide No one invites you anymore The party’s over, You scream, you cry It doesn’t matter what you do The party’s over. Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh The party’s over, over
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Which Doctor 03:49
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Which Doctor We pay with our labours, just to get your favours But you want more, witch doctor The sickness is growing, our cancer is showing Please wait in line, witch doctor Which doctor is the one Which doctor do we call Which doctor has some feeling Which one won’t take it all? Which doctor, Tell us please Which doctor, We’re on our knees Which doctor Won’t be the one To take all our money? Who do that voodoo like you do Who do that voodoo like you do Who do that voodoo like you do Who do that voodoo like you do Who do that voodoo like you do “Did you plan this all along?” Who do that voodoo like you do “Was Hippocrates all wrong?” Must we all be wealthy For you to keep us healthy Keep us alive Witch doctor? Please don’t leave the old and poor Begging at your bolted door They’re people too Witch doctor Who do that voodoo like you do Witch doctor?
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Glaznost 05:01
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Glaznost If you’re not dancing to this song You’re going to Siberia Dance Cossack Dance Cossack Glaznost!!!!!
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Hip Hop Mix 03:44
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Hip Hop Mix Mix up Can’t let another day go by The devil made me do it ‘til the day I die It’s a beat I can’t deny I’ve been beatified Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha You’re going to do it ‘Til the day you die I’ve got a beat you can’t deny The whole world’s going to be Be, be, beatified Hop, hop, hip hop Mix ‘em up Hop, hop, hip hop Mix ‘em up It never leaves my mind Oh, I just can’t find the time It’s his grand design To hip hop hip all mankind I’m here to testify That hip hop, hip hop music Is evil, wicked, sinful The devil gets inside and Throws away the body Writhing, slithering In endless dance Shameful and downright …..Fun…..
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The Blob 03:24
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The Blob Oh, it’s eating everything, what is it? I don’t know brother, it came from the river Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! There’s a blob in the bottom of the river They thought they were being clever But it slipped into our water To get your sons and daughters Well, first they tried to clean it up But it keeps on oozing from the muck They tried bacteria to destroy it But the blob just ate Detroit That didn’t matter much Cleaned up all that smog and dust Then it drank the Ohio River You know that didn’t matter either It slipped over to Chicago Then came back and downed Toledo What to do with this mutation Before it gobbles up the nation “Attention, this is a news flash The blob is growing larger It seems to be consuming all industrial Areas of the country. Run for your lives!!!” Now maybe the blobs not so bad Ohio’s gone, no one’s sad Pittsburgh wasn’t really missed And much the same for St. Louis They thought that something should be done When it hit the burbs of Washington Ronnie Reagan made a speech Didn’t save the city though, oh no! While the States was going mad Another blob ate Stalingrad It took the London underground And then Bejing could not be found I wonder where the world is gone The multinationals were wrong They sucked us dry and took our health Just to build up their own wealth Excuse me, waiter, I wonder if I could have a glass of… Eeeeeuch!!!! There’s a blob in the river At the bottom of the river. (What you gonna do about!)
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Nameless Shame 03:53
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Nameless Shame It’s such a sad thing, what can he do now You did a bad thing, wanted to get it all He was a bad man, didn’t know right from wrong He nearly got it right but then he got it wrong What can he do now What can he do now What can he do now What can he do There is no reason for him to act this way He never listens to what other people say If you should meet him don’t ask him to stay He’ll take what he can and then just walk away For him to act this way For him to act this way For him to act this way For him to act this way Thought you were serious What did we every do to you Love and trust are essential When will you understand the important values in life

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released September 25, 2020

Music: Jim Matheson and Bob Read
Lyrics: Bob Read

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