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Sea To Shining Sea

from Blitz Spirit by Jess Silk

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They’re storming the Capitol
They’re staging a coup
Wind up your windows sir
Because this one’s on you

The fascists are flying now
They’re flying the flag
Their very own swastika
For their very own land

And they talk of freedom
Like it’s something they’ve lost
It only happened last century
But it seems they forgot

You wanted a riot
And they answered the call
Now they’re storming the Capitol
And they’re dressed for war

But they’ll make America great again
They’ll cheer the land of the free
While those that built it look on in shame
From sea to shining sea
They can see Lady Liberty
And they just watch as she weeps
But they’ll make America great again
They’ll make America grieve

Dressed up in Civil War t-shirts
Stars and stripes in their eyes
Holding tight to the mantra
Sold propaganda and lies

They carry hammers and zip ties
They’ve got their feet on the desk
I violent act of sedition
But isn’t that what you said?

There are people fleeing the Senate
Carried between them a box
A simple thing in the making
A precious thing to me lost

Not just the fate of a country
Perhaps the fate of the world
A democracy rescued
Just before it could be burned

But they’ll make America great again
They’ll cheer the land of the free
While those that built it look on in shame
From sea to shining sea
They can see Lady Liberty
And they just watch as she weeps
But they’ll make America great again
They’ll make America grieve

And as the movie’s playing out across their TV screens
The rest of the world’s looking on in disbelief
As that old familiar serpent bares its teeth
People fought so in this house that flag would never fly
Now you’re fighting a campaign you’ve built on hate and lies
And they’re crying out your name as the country weeps

But they’ll make America great again
They’ll cheer the land of the free
While those that built it look on in shame
From sea to shining sea
They can see Lady Liberty
They watch her fall to her knees
But they’ll make America great again
They’ll make America grieve

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from Blitz Spirit, released August 30, 2021

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Jess Silk Dudley, UK

Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar and a distinctive, gravely voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK. ... more

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