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    1. Say Can You See

    From the recording Tangle of Souls (2020)

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    Scott Cook
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    A love song for the country of my birth.

    Liz Frencham - bass, harmony vocals, engineering
    Bramwell Park - banjo, harmony vocals
    Kat Mear - fiddle, harmony vocals
    Scott Cook - vocal, guitar

    Lyrics

    I love this country, I love the people and the land
    But there’s a lot of stuff happening that I can’t understand
    We got billions for bailouts, we got trillions for wars
    But it’s hard for working people to make a living anymore
    Hear me out for a second, this ain’t a partisan song
    It ain’t about right and left, it’s about right and wrong
    We’re fighting over the scraps while a few are living like kings
    ‘Cause screwing us over’s a bipartisan thing

    And it’s working people who made this country great
    Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
    And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
    Oh say, can you see?

    See, I got a neighbour, we don’t always agree
    He’s a bit of a redneck, according to a hippy like me
    But if you’re in the ditch, he’ll pull you out, I know he will
    And that’s more than I can say for all those dickheads on the hill
    He works hard for his family, he’s got loyalty and pride
    The company took all he gave and then cast him aside
    See, there’s profit in poverty, hell, there’s profit in prisons
    And they don’t even pay taxes, they just buy politicians

    But it’s working people who made this country great
    Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
    And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
    Oh say, can you see?
    Oh say, can you see?

    In New York Harbour there’s a lady with a flame
    Still calling in the huddled masses in Liberty’s name
    But there’s fear on the airwaves and hatred wrapped in the flag
    Turning strangers into enemies and our riches into rags
    And a revolution to break the grip of greed
    Don’t need a strongman or a saviour, but I believe we’re gonna need
    Whatever magic this old world’s got left to start
    And all the ammunition in the chambers of our hearts

    It’s working people who made this country great
    Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
    And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
    Oh say, can you see?
    Oh say, can you see?

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