Heroes and Horsethieves

by The Idahobos

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I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
A ship splashing in the dark foamy water
And an empire ready to fall
A ship splashing in the dark foamy water
With the grace of a blossom in May
Couple dozen souls with a hold full of books
And a head with a mind for to stay

I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
Ten thousand men with their ankles in chains
Lying sick in the straw of their stall
Ten thousand men with their ankles in chains
And beyond them three million more
Building buildings up of marble and granite
For the luckless, abandoned and poor

Heroes and horsethieves
Won't you stand by me
Heroes and horsethieves
Good God what'll it be

I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
Two brothers with their throats in their hands
And an empire ready to fall
Two brothers with their throats in their hands
And a cottonfield slickened with blood
Wrestling wildly with the highest ideals
In a pit of the filthiest mud

I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
Five hundred thousand men in the surf
And an empire ready to fall
Five hundred thousand men in the surf
With their eyes on the shell-riven shore
A chaos of airplanes and tanks and grenades
Rolling dice for the fate of the war

I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
So many nations abused and enslaved
And an empire ready to fall
So many nations abused and enslaved
That I can't bear to think of it all
They roil and simmer and snap all at once
Tearing the bricks from the wall

I woke up this morning
I couldn't believe what I saw
Twelve cities burning up on the hill
And an empire ready to fall
Twelve cities burning up on the hill
And John Brown with a pain in his head
Dodging the rockets and tear gas and crying
Let the dead past bury the dead

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released June 20, 2020

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The Idahobos are the Sovereign Nation of North Idaho's premier provider of original folk rock. Established 2014

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