Your Own Comes First-Van Dyke Parks

[ti:Your Own Comes First] [ar:Van Dyke Parks] [al:Discover America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Your Own Comes First - Van Dyke Parks [00:19.82]If I talk again it could drive me mad [00:22.82]I try to talk to the people of Trinidad [00:26.87]If I talk again it could set me mad [00:29.93]I'm tired if talkin' to the people of Trinidad [00:34.43]All kinds of people come and doin' well [00:37.98]And you the Trinidadians only catchin' hell [00:40.91]How many times do you want to be told [00:44.47]Your own comes first all over the world [00:47.77]If you think I lie I invite you please [00:52.52]Just take a trip through the West Indies [00:56.02]Make your first stop at Grenada [00:59.51]Tell them that you come to look for labor [01:03.26]If you miss and say you're from Trinidad [01:06.69]They lick you from Grenada down to Fyzabad [01:09.93]But you can't blame them on a whole [01:13.17]My friend that's the policy of the world [01:15.24] [01:16.36]So Granadians for Granadians [01:20.67]Yes Jamaicians for Jamaicians [01:24.28]Even Barbados take the same route [01:27.29]Trinidadians buck up and follow suit [01:32.15]Well now you really lookin' for blows [01:35.04]If you think you goin' anchor in Barbados [01:38.84]The Bajuns goin' tell you you bloomin' fast [01:42.34]Don't you know Bajuns first and outsiders last [01:45.71]Then you heist your anchor to Jamaica [01:49.64]Feelin' that your chances might be better [01:52.88]But as I've led you to understand [01:56.19]Boy we only have work here for Jamaicans [01:59.31]So Granadians for Granadians [02:03.24]Yes Jamaicians for Jamaicians [02:06.67]Even Barbados take the same route [02:09.61]Trinidadians buck up and follow suit [02:13.73] [02:27.45]I'm not all selfish I love to give [02:30.32]And I believe in the slogan live and let live [02:34.50]If the other islands aren't doin' that [02:37.44]Well I don't see why we should be Miss Howard's cat [02:41.55]It's time to go into the reverse [02:45.17]Do like other nations put your people first [02:48.61]You must do as you are told [02:51.41]Or you would be the laughing stock of the world [02:56.41]Granadians for Granadians [03:00.09]Jamaicians for Jamaicians [03:05.52]Trinidadians buck up and follow suit [03:13.07] [03:16.81]Even Barbados take the same route [03:19.87]Trinidadians buck up and follow suit