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from the album The Nickel Ride

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On a Sunday in December
Mama saw the Japanese planes
She watched them bomb the harbor
And her daddy the admiral explained
Why they had to zigzag to the mainland
In a submarine
Mama saw the start of world war two
It was the worst thing shed ever seen

Mama never saw the 100,000
Drowning in the sea
Because no one would let them come ashore
They were dangerous refugees
Mama never saw Mama never saw
I hope my baby never sees
The things my mama never saw

The missiles of October
Were a terrible thing to see
Children hid beneath their beds
Just as scared as anyone could be
Somehow nothing happened
They were all alive at the end of the week
But mama saw the world was in trouble
And its future was looking bleak

Mama never saw the wall of fear
Running from sea to shining sea
Mama never saw the radiated fish
When the fire came out of the sea
Mama never saw Mama never saw
I hope my baby never sees
The things my mama never saw

Mama saw two depressions
Mama saw the farms disappear
When the bankers started taking the country
She still believed it couldn’t happen here
Mama got slapped by drunkards
She was the victim of a naked kiss
Mama saw the worst side of helltown
But she ever saw nothing like this

Mama never saw a war so profitable
It couldn’t be allowed to end
Mama never saw the land of plenty
Become the land of Lets Pretend
Mama never saw Mama never saw
I hope my baby never sees
The things my mama never saw

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from American Boy - 50 Years of Protest, released May 26, 2018

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