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Here Is A Song For The Rich And Ruling Class

from On Blue Days - the demo tapes by Darcy Hay

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There's no subtlety to this one. Straight up political song, written by a socialist, and performed with guitar and vocals that I hope give a nod to Leonard Cohen.

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This is a song for the rich and ruling class,
who cast their die upon a table that we all must stand around
with palms stretched out as far as the law will allow.
We are the ones, soaked with chatter and scattered tongues
from which true thought is never sprung.
We are the servants who are free
to serve whom we please,
though we all must serve the same beast.

This is a song for the landlord
and the ones who own nothing
who live to give to rich and ruling men -
who are rich and ruling men
through the suffering they bring.
Raise the rent upon your door,
evict the poor onto couches and car seats,
and it's an angry, fiery sleep
and it's a cold storm that creeps
and it's a drumbeat from the deep
that chills your bed.

This is a song for the oil companies,
the fracking gas facilities,
and the rape of Yeelirrie
and the flares that we torch
roiling seas that we scorch
and the skies that we've dried
and the trees we have pried
and the coal we have gnawed
from the Earth.

This is a song for the employer.
We work for your purpose, before you pay us
that we may serve our own.
Your greed makes this world work
your paycheque marks the difference
between sleeping on a bed, or lying down on dirt.
We are the wrinkles in your morning frown.
We are the mules that pull your cart around
and we tread the paths you set us down.

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from On Blue Days - the demo tapes, released July 9, 2021
Darcy Hay - guitar, vocals, lyrics

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Darcy Hay Geraldton, Australia

Folk, country and blues singer-songwriter from the Midwest of Western Australia with a penchant for political and poetic lyricism, energetic guitar playing, authentic vocals and deft harmonica work

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