Friday, January 30, 2026

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis

Bruce Springsteen 

"Streets Of Minneapolis" 

Through the winter's ice and cold 
Down Nicollet Avenue 
A city aflame fought fire and ice
 'Neath an occupier's boots 
King Trump's private army from the DHS
 Guns belted to their coats
 Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
 Or so their story goes

 Against smoke and rubber bullets 
In the dawn's early light 
Citizens stood for justice 
Their voices ringing through the night 
And there were bloody footprints 
Where mercy should have stood 
And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets 
Alex Pretti and Renee Good 

Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice 
Singing through the bloody mist 
We'll take our stand for this land 
And the stranger in our midst 
Here in our home, they killed and roamed 
In the winter of '26 
We'll remember the names of those who died 
On the streets of Minneapolis 

Trump's federal thugs beat up on 
His face and his chest 
Then we heard the gunshots 
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead 
Their claim was self-defense, sir 
Just don't believe your eyes 
It's our blood and bones 
And these whistles and phones 
Against Miller and Noem's dirty lies 

Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice 
Crying through the bloody mist 
We'll remember the names of those who died 
On the streets of Minneapolis 

Now they say they're here to uphold the law 
But they trample on our rights 
If your skin is black or brown, my friend 
You can be questioned or deported on sight 
In our chants of "ICE out now" 
Our city's heart and soul persists 
Through broken glass and bloody tears 
On the streets of Minneapolis 

Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice 
Singing through the bloody mist 
Here in our home, they killed and roamed 
In the winter of '26 
We'll take our stand for this land 
And the stranger in our midst 
We'll remember the names of those who died 
On the streets of Minneapolis 
We'll remember the names of those who died 
On the streets of Minneapolis 

ICE out (ICE out) 
ICE out (ICE out) 
ICE out (ICE out) 
ICE out (ICE out) 
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out 
              

Sunday, October 1, 2023

John Prine - Some Humans Ain't Human

 

Some Humans Ain't Human

John Prine

Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm

Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind
You open up their hearts
And here's what you'll find
A few frozen pizzas
Some ice cubes with hair
A broken popsicle
You don't wanna go there

Some humans ain't huma
Though they walk like we do
They live and they breath
Just to turn the old screw
They screw you when you're sleeping
They try to screw you blind
Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind

You might go to church
And sit down in a pew
Those humans who ain't human
Be sitting right next to you
They talk about your family
They talk about your clothes
When they don't know their own ass
From their own elbows

Jealousy and stupidity
Don't equal harmony
Jealousy and stupidity
Don't equal harmony
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm

Have you ever noticed
When you're feeling really good
There's always a pidgeon
That'll come shit on your hood?
Or you're feeling your freedom
And the world's off your back
Some cowboy from Texas
Starts his own war in Iraq

Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind
They lie through their teeth
With their head up their behind
You open up their hearts
And here's what you'll find
Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind

Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmmm
Ummm-hmmm, ummm-hmm





Saturday, July 1, 2023

Cowboy Junkies - Powderfinger

 

Powderfinger

Neil Young

Look out mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
I think you better call John
'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away, I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side and a gun and it's making me brave

Daddy's gone, my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Annie-Lou
So the powers that he left me here to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
The closer it got the more those feelings grew

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt re-assurin'
He told me,"Red means run son, numbers add up to nothing"
But when the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black and my face flash in the sky

Shelter me from the Powder and the Finger
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
Just think of me as one you never feared
You fade away so young
There's so much left undone
Remember me for my love, I know I miss her













Friday, February 11, 2022