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Poor Man's Friend

by The Canebrakers

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A song from CONGRESSMAN DAVY - a forthcoming musical by Richard Byrne and Dean Schlabowske.

lyrics

Count up all the blessins' God
Poured out on Tennessee
So why're we so uneasy here?
Can't feel at liberty?

I'll tell you plain: You cleared the cane
And made it fertile land
Then legislators passed a law
To rip it from your hands.

Can't own the sun
Can't buy the moon
That's lunacy

So why they think
You're gonna sell
Your dignity?

A ballot can resolve it all
Bring bad times to an end
Mark down your X
Next to my name
I am the poor man's friend.

A wealthy man acts like he can
Box up a thousand stars
He'd auction off the sunset, too
If he could reach that far

But I won't let them take away
The land that you made good
You work the land, you own the land
Let that be understood.

Can't own the sun
Can't buy the moon
That's lunacy

So why they think
You're gonna sell
Your dignity?

A ballot can resolve it all
Bring bad times to an end
Mark down your X
Next to my name
I am the poor man's friend

(ALL) A ballot can resolve it all
Bring bad times to an end
Make an X
By Davy’s name
He is the poor man's friend.

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released November 8, 2021
Lyrics: Richard Byrne
Music: Dean Schlabowske

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