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Illy and Elly in Ilo

from Home from the Hill by Bill White

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I don't see many Greeks who think
they're living in the pages of the Iliad
i don't see many Frenchmen
Longing for the glory of Napoleon
but I see savages on high
Trampling through the vintages of Moses
As if nothing in the last 8,000 years
changed a thing

Chorus:
I wish the world was happy x3
Like Illy and Elly in Ilo

There are no giants in the Earth
We're not living in the days of Noah
We are creatures of the Earth
The Earth has no reason to destroy us
But I see little people with big ideas
About who they think they are
They will defoliate your face
spray the spit from a tommy gun over your mama's car

Repeat chorus

The days of Idi Amin and Pinochet are finished
and I say Good Riddance
God bless Steven Morrissey for spitting
On the name Oliver Cromwell
The president is not your friend
He took an oath to sacrifice your children
If there is mercy in the world
You won't find it in the brothels of the judges

Repeat chorus

The berries on the vine are sweet
but some go bad and so you must be wary
Some creeps will kill you if you cross a river
But most people will offer sanctuary
I got tired of living off the spoils
of murderers and feeble-minded bandits
And as I watch their armies march
I keep repeating these old dusty lines from "Hamlet":

"To my shame
I see the imminent death of 20,000 men
Who, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds."

Repeat chorus

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from Home from the Hill, released November 1, 2017

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