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Socialist Todd (TWAS)

from << Two Sides >> by Above/Below

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Todd was a socialist
with fair trade bananas on his grocery list
in all his facebook photos he was rocking a fist
and never seen a protest that he wanted to miss
Bertha was a capitalist
try to unionize and she's throwing a fit
they made an interesting match, you gotta admit
but cupid's arrow, I gotta think that it missed
cause Todd payed his union dues
he never rocked Nike's, wore some union made shoes
news travels fast, the list serve was hopping
value price and profit, thats a hell of an option
urged caution at the strike, its on the brink of explosion
decades of decline and benefits were eroding
knowing not to be seen he donned a wrestling mask
this was Bertha's factory, you don't even ask
cause Bertha was a capitalist
try to unionize, she was throwing a fit
like oil and water, they weren't meant to mix
and like a time bomb, I think I heard it just tick

(scratched - "now the CIA is tracking me, I didn't mean to do it, socialism just came naturally" - The Last Emperor)

knowing not to be seen he donned a wrestling mask
this was Bertha's factory, you don't even ask
two weeks it had lasted, all her profits, it sapped
folk songs through the window, she finally snapped
grabbed the rifle out the closet, temporary insane
to the guy in the mask, she decided to aim
nothing on her mind, but them bottom line figures
like running with scissors, she was squeezing that trigger...

poor old Todd, he was a socialist
with fair trade bananas on his grocery list
in all his facebook photos he was rocking a fist
and never seen a protest that he wanted to miss

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from << Two Sides >>, released October 10, 2010

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Above/Below was born in New London, CT circa 2008. Their debut full-length release <<Two Sides>> garnered international acclaim and won the 2011 Whalie award for Album of the Year. Nearly a decade later, A/B is back with new music.

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