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Blood and Dust

from Myths and Roads by Lesser Beggars

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– WELL i SOLD MY SOUL FOR A BAG OF GOLD SOLD MY SOUL FOR A BAG OF GOLD MY BLOOD MY BLOOD IS GETTING COLD MY BLOOD MY BLOOD IS GETTING COLD AND i’VE GOT POCKETS FULL OF GOLD AND THE DEVIL AT MY SIDE POCKETS FULL OF GOLD AND THE DEVIL AT MY SIDE WELL i COULD WASH YOUR FEET WITH THIS DIRTY WINE WE’RE TOLD OUR HANDS CAN HEAL THE BLIND BUT WE’VE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR A BAG OF GOLD MY GOD MY GOD i’M GETTING OLD i’VE GOT A MOUTH FULL OF DUST AND POCKETS FULL OF SINS MOUTH FULL OF DUST AND POCKETS FULL OF SINS THE POOR DON’T NEED A HELPING HAND THEY JUST NEED OUR PITY WE DON’T HAVE TO WANDER BECAUSE WE’VE BUILT OUR CITIES WE DON’T NEED OUR DAILY BREAD BECAUSE WE’VE HOARDED IN STORES AND WE DON’T CARE FOR WHAT WE HAVE WE JUST WANT MORE WE DON’T NEED A MIRACLE WE HAVE WESTERN MEDICINE…i DREAMT THAT IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE WHERE WE SLEPT AND WE’RE TOLD A CHILD IS COMING TO SMASH A SERPENTS HEAD BUT WE’RE ALL HALF-HEARTED GYPSIES WHO TRUST IN LESSER GODS WORSHIPING IDOLS AND CLAIMING A CROSS AND O’ NO MY GOD WE’VE ALL LOST OUR WAY AND SO WE SIT AS SHEEP AMONG SHEEP ASLEEP WE THROW OUR STONES AND PRETEND WE’RE INNOCENT OF THEIR BLOOD KEEPING OUR LOVE CLOSE TO OUR CHEST SO NO ONE CAN SEE THAT i AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER HIS BLOOD IS ON MY HANDS

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from Myths and Roads, released August 4, 2010

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