Ballad of Burl Ives

Sometime we waste, days and days

Fast moving girls and razor blades

Spent time away, void small claims

Lawyers and judges all my fines are paid

Nowhere to go, highway tolls

Fast food joints meet toilet bowls

Garbage men to the upper class

Designer clothing just to cover ass

We all complain about greed and hate

But our communities are putting up gates

They say the whole world is one big stage

Why do we keep our mother nature caged

 

*you left me with my cigarettes when I was broke and feeling low

you’re no better than the sun, I’d rather be alone

Raise money momma message 9-3-5

Bring me whiskey water just to stay alive

The cost of honey’s killing Brooklyn bees

Burn money mountain watch your rivers bleed

Everybody’s going their own way

Pieces of mind with nothing much to say

“Trash lake banks, busted bikes

Pinching penny people you are fishing for likes

We stand before sunsets blind

Inside your studios are diamonds and wine

You long for love in another’s touch

You’re only leaning on a crumbling crutch.