Lyrics

SHUCK AND JIVE
(P. Mathews, Quonochontaug Music)

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I BUSSED ON INTO D.C.
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WHERE THE BEES HAD SKUNKED THE HIVE
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THEY MASKED THE FIRST AMMENDMENT
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ORWELL’S NIGHTMARE CAME ALIVE
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THE BADGE OF TRUST AND HONOUR LAY TARNISHED IN THE CAN
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THERE WERE FEW TO REPRESENT US
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VERSUS GUILDED PARTISANS
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THEY RIGGED WITH MSM TO SHIELD THEIR HIDES
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SO THEY COULD SHUCK AND JIVE
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WE WATCHED THEM SHUCK AND JIVE

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THEY BORROWED MONEY BIG TIME
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AND THEY TRIED TO BUY OUR VOTES
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THEN KICKED THE DEBT CAN DOWN THE ROAD SO
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MI-LEN-NEE-ALS CAN’T AFFORD HOMES

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THEY SMOKED US ALL WITH WOKE WHILE THE COUNTRY IT WENT BROKE
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REFUGEES WERE GOOD BUT NOT IN THEIR D.C. NEIGHBORHOODS
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WHILE OUR HOMELESS LAY PARIAHS PUSHED ASIDE
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THEY POLISHED SHUCK AND JIVE
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YEAH, WE WATCHED THEM SHUCK AND JIVE

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NOW A DOLLAR’S NOT WORTH A DIME
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AND THEY’VE DISAVOWED THE CRIME
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INSTEAD OF BEANS A CAN OF BUGS
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SHALL QUELL OUR APPETITES
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WHILE THEY MINGLED WITH THE CROWD THAT’S RIDING HIGH
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THEY CHOSE TO SHUCK AND JIVE
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YES, WE’VE SUFFERED SHUCK AND JIVE

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