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    1. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

    From the recording Go Long (2015)

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    Not the Carter Family song, but rather a protest song against that song and songs like it :)

    Lyrics

    It's anybody's guess out in the campground
    The Banana Man's got a new dance
    By the drum circle there's a drunk circle
    They say play something we can sing, but they can't
    They talked this one guy into American Pie
    Then Me and Bobby McGee, the poor kid
    When they sang you can check out anytime you like
    We took a hint, and we did

    We followed the call of a doghouse bass
    The promise of new songs and sounds
    And stumbled upon a cluster-folk
    A bunch of folk buddies, just folkin' around
    They had concertinas and autoharps
    Singing hey, ho, blow the man down
    And it won't be long 'til She'll Be Comin' 'Round
    The Mountain When She Comes comes around

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken has broken up a few
    And if I hear I'll Fly Away again, that's just what I might do
    Somebody says, "Yo! Play something we know"
    And the lonely hearts whisper, play something blue
    And that guy with a djembe, just a campfire away
    He wanna jam it with you

    Some songs just need puttin' out to pasture
    Hang up the jersey in the rafters
    They served 'til it hurt, they were well overworked
    They earned their sweet hereafter
    I wish Sally's Mustang was impounded
    And the Wagon Wheel rolled off eternally
    I won't be redeemed by Redemption Song
    And please don't put The Weight right on me

    I realize it's a matter of perspective
    But a guy's gotta draw a line somewhere
    Then again I read some scientist said
    Every possible universe is already there
    So when that fella started singing Oasis
    And up 'til then I hadn't took him for a fool
    Rather than be ungracious
    I believe in an alternate universe in which that's cool

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