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The Tillers - Dear Mother (live)

from Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 by Various Artists

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Live at Southgate House Revival

lyrics

Reckless greed vanishing the green
Can't drink the water from these streams
Pushed too far past the point of no returning
The deed is done and now her kingdom is burning
Dear, mother what's been done to you?
You don't look as pretty as you used to
Dear, mother
Don't seem as happy as you once were
You can walk those city streets till you can hardly breathe
I'll take a stroll in the woods
Won't be long and they've forsaken all the land
Where tall trees once stood
And they'll pave the family farm and tell you that it's for the best
I'll say, "yeah, best for you, but tell me what about about the rest?"
Then they'll build a subdivision where the gardens used to grow
And take all of those precious things that you have ever known
Dear, mother what's been done to you?
You don't look as pretty as you used to
Dear, mother
Don't seem as happy as you once were
Now that factory steady spewing by the dirty river side
It billows all the day, it rolls on through the night
Across the river road, just past the railroad tracks
A cancerous corruption boils to turn our world to black
They're cooking up some stuff, man, I don't even want to know
Could take out everything alive with just one fatal blow
And they're poisoning the waters, their smokestacks fill the air
But no one seems to notice, or no one really cares
Dear, mother what's been done to you?
You don't look as pretty as you used to
Dear, mother
Don't seem as happy as you once were

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from Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2, released April 5, 2024
Dear Mother written by Sean Geil

Sean Geil - Guitar, Lead Vocal
Mike Oberst - Banjo, harmony vocal
Joe Macheret - Fiddle
Aaron Geil - Upright bass

Mixed by Jacob Tippey

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