Great Imperialist State-Simone White

[ti:Great Imperialist State] [ar:Simone White] [al:I Am The Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Great Imperialist State - Simone White [00:10.49]There's a farmer in a distant country working on the land [00:14.36] [00:15.42]A hat upon his head and a shovel in his hand [00:18.54] [00:19.73]Till the soil plant the seed wait a while cut the leaf [00:23.91] [00:25.47]And send another cup of tea to me [00:28.58] [00:33.32]I'm a spoiled child of the great imperialist state [00:36.69] [00:38.69]I cannot kill my meat nor grow the food upon my plate [00:41.87] [00:43.00]I never walked a mile to the well when the tap runs dry do tell [00:47.18] [00:49.11]What will become of you and me [00:51.92] [00:54.35]What will become of us who will give us trust [00:57.72] [00:58.78]Will you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain [01:06.27]That I felt shame when I looked the other way [01:10.33] [01:12.70]Woke up this morning the revolution knocking down my door [01:16.51] [01:17.07]Those capitalist pigs No they don't live here anymore [01:20.83] [01:21.64]Slipped out the back door into my car how far can you drive how far [01:27.32] [01:28.44]There's a farmer in a distant country working on the land [01:32.43] [01:33.74]Food turned into flowers for the uptown florist stand [01:38.24]What you saved another paid to turn his soil into sand [01:41.73] [01:42.48]The world will not deliver on demand [01:46.54] [01:49.47]What will become of us who will give us trust [01:53.28] [01:54.15]Will you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain [02:00.64] [02:01.51]That I felt shame when I looked the other way