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Northern Pride, Southern Shame

from Copper and Gold by Bill White

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Northern pride, Southern shame
Nose to nose breaking out of the gate
Shame broke a leg, pride took a fall
Skeletons of ash cover us all

Southern yankee Northern reb
Collapsed and fallen in a river bed
Factory children fight pneunomia
They are the building blocks of your dystopia
The bags of the mule are filled with cotton and coal
He's rather see you dead than on the dole
In a slaughterhouse the skins are pulled
From the backs of the workers in the neighborhood
Northern rebel Southern yank
It's the blood of you all in the national bank

Northern whore Southern belle
She will talk but never tell
Where she stayed that winter night
Or who she was with when her mother died
Shedding her skin in the city lights
Polishing her nails in pacific tides
Crossing herself when the churchbells toll
Caressing herself on a country road
Southern belle Northern whore
Something is scratching at your bedroom door

Northern crassness Southern charm
A kick in the ass, a shot in the arm
A knife in your back, grinning in your face
The wages of sin buy a moment of grace
In the swamp I fought with a snake
She ate all the rats and most of the cake
And when she surfaced in the Northern sea
The salt was expensive but the sugar was free
Southern charm can fool you once
But the Northern swine have you on for months

Northern agression, Southern defense
This country kills all who dissent
But history will come to light
When we open up all of the graves tonight
Northern pride, Southern shame
are nose to nose breaking out of the gate

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from Copper and Gold, released November 1, 2017

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