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Follow The Money

from This Blue Before by Smiling Jack Smith

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Words and Music-Jack Smith, SOCAN

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FOLLOW THE MONEY


You been working so hard all of your lives
Trying to get a piece of the pie
And old mother church when you’re in a lurch
Says there’s pie in the sky when you die
They keep you working so hard
Just to keep you off of the streets
They got their fingers in every part of your lives
From the air that you breathe to the food you eat

Follow the money

They got you all dressed up in your soldier suit
Getting ready to ride the horse
And the real big question never gets asked
Just the where and the when
Not the why, of course
The boys with their toys in their three piece suits
Got petroleum on their minds
And with their pea brained, smart bomb, friendly fire
I pity the fool who is next in line

Follow the money

Hungry eyes in the night time sky
Selling their lives to survive
It’s a sin, it’s a crime it’s the social clime
It’s a dance for a dime, it’s the blinded eye
Everybody’s got to make a living
It’s just that here there ain’t nobody alive
You can’t hide what you teach, you can talk you can preach
But you don’t do a thing, you just watch them die

Follow the money

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from This Blue Before, released December 20, 2006

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Smiling Jack Smith Madrid, Spain

Born in the States, lived in Canada for 20 years, this singer songwriter with a real affinity for roots and blues has been living in Spain for the last 22 years. He has released 7 CDs and played festivals and clubs on three continents.

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