Cousin James Said to Charles

by Jessie L. Warren

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This song is recorded and performed by me, Jessie, in my house. It's not part of any album, just something I wrote to release the anger from my chest.
Random foley by wind and whales.
Chorus originally cowritten with my beautiful mate Nick Navy.

I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the land on which my music is written and recorded. I acknowledge sovereignty has never been ceded and I pay my respects to Elders past, present, and future.

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The sea, the sea, the sea, the sea
The sea is not all that clean
Dolphins committing suicide
Cousin James said to Charles
Why you gotta ruin this for me
I thought demons only thrived on human sin and sacrifice
So take my blood and feel the love tonight,
tonight, tonight, tonight.

Hands pushing through
Grasping for what we know is true
But what is true?
Time’s telling you
Keep holding to what you know is true
But what is true?

The trees, the trees, the trees, the trees
They talk to me through the breeze
We’re not a canvas for you to claim
Take your paint don’t leave a trace
Fingertips like cannonballs
Her Silent Spring will silence all
Mechanical spiders drill the soil
Take this oil and burn the coil tonight,
tonight, tonight, tonight.

Hands pushing through
Grasping for what we know is true
But what is true?
Time’s telling you
Keep holding to what you know is true
But what is true?

The cells, the cells, the cells, the cells
Like magnets they help spin the Earth
A compass that helps guide the whales
No need for soggy weet-bix tales
Submarines and battleships
Milton Bradley get your fix
Make your money, play the game
Roll the dice for all things nice
Kill the kids so you can live
Ignore the smoke so you can gloat
Clear the trees so you can breed
Sink the boats so you can float
Paint it white and out of sight
but pray to god that you can sleep tonight,
tonight, tonight, tonight.

Hands pushing through
Grasping for what we know is true
But what is true?
Time’s telling you
Keep holding to what you know is true
But what is true?

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight.

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released January 9, 2020

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the crazy, brutal occasion something beautiful is created.

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