Name: Horse & Sparrow
Duration: P00H04M05S
Description: Written by Pete Mancini, Matthew Grimm and Matt Patton

Horse & Sparrow

from Killing The Old Ways by Pete Mancini

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Written by Pete Mancini, Matthew Grimm and Matt Patton

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You say the country is strong
she reads the headlines every day
But her life hasn’t changed
she’s stretching out her two weeks pay

He worked the graveyard shift at the plant up the road
They fight with the bank to keep their home
You point your finger at the border
And you hope they look the other way

You say "the horses work hard
So they get put away fed"
We’ve been left for dead
What’s left you can spare us?
What’s left for the sparrows?

It's an election year
they watched the candidates debate
Then the world shut down
They just want to put food on their baby’s plate

You say the have-not's always take too much
But we never had the same head start
It seems your high rise mind
Could never fill the hole in your heart

You say "the horses work hard
So they get put away fed"
We’ve been left for dead
What’s left you can spare us?
What’s left for the sparrows?

I’ve been working real hard
Now I’m stuck in the red
We’ve been left for dead
What’s left you can spare us?
What’s left for the sparrows?
What's left?

You say the country is strong
I read the headlines every day
But my life hasn’t changed;
You keep selling our futures away

You say "the horses work hard
So they get put away fed"
We’ve been left for dead
What’s left you can spare us?
What’s left for the sparrows?

I’ve been working real hard
Now I’m stuck in the red
We’ve been left for dead
What’s left you can spare us?
What’s left for the sparrows?
What's left?
What's left?
What's left for the sparrows?

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from Killing The Old Ways, released April 8, 2022

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