let the fire we set on purpose build potash beneath our feet let the fire we set on purpose cull away the weeds raking the grass in a fire brake, it blows past toward field 9 and the woods <chorus> rubbing it out with a shovel, trying to snuff it out gasp mouth full of smoke, time to retreat step back had to watch it burn and go out back and forth my mind went whether to run for help but every person present was necessary if we ever had a chance to stop the fire from the trees so we rallied together, moved the tractor pulled in some water and kept hitting with our shovels till it quit <chorus> and the enemy is not fixed, the enemy is not real the fire burns on, its not bad but its scary i could try to run away but i like the way it feels standing fixed, calling for help only to find that everyone is occupied with their fire fight we try to help others when we can the line keeps pushing, back pedaling on the defense prairie fire moves down into a valley, under an autumn olive stand water stands, that side goes out, only three more to go keep rubbing it out under the mid-days glow in the end we will stand on ash fields, seeds hidden within <chorus>

oh the girls all dance with the boys from the city and they don't care to dance with me. now it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy and the red clay stains my feet and it's under my nails and it's under my collar and it shows on my sunday clothes. i do my best with soap and water, but the damned old dirt won't go <chorus> but when i pass through the pearly gates will my gown be gold instead, or just a red clay robe, with red clay wings, and a red clay halo for my head now its mud in the spring and its dust in the summer when it blows in a crimson tide, until the tress and the leaves and the cows are the color of the dirt on the mountain side <chorus> now missouri's banks, they're red and muddy and the rolling water is wide. but i got no boat so i'll be good and muddy when i go to the other side <chorus> ~i'll take a red clay robe with red clay wings and a red clay halo for my head~

cold leaves, wet with rain, brushing on my body i am dreaming of walking through the forest, or all the way across the plains i could be under water, at the base of it falling through a hole or in grass stretching to the sunrise, on this hill i patiently wait the rocks spoke to me, grinding slowly along the stream every inch and grumble, stumbling forward and on talking quietly to the pigeons in some city when i have time playing music for the people drinking coffee on their way laughing loudly with a friend i just met at the park by the lake the rocks spoke to me, grinding slowly along the stream every inch and grumble, stumbling forward and on

all of my addictions, all the patters that keep me from being fully me and i want to let 'em go, i wanna let 'em go i've pushed my edges to show, i push my edges to show i can be just me and i like me only i can save myself, that's why i decide to leave when i think that i should leave only i can be myself, only i can create myself as i want to be all of the mdma that i had could give me the love that i needed, could not show me the truth of partner's commitment to me all the mushrooms i put in my belly could not give me the power of creativity it's innate in my being all the weed i could smoke could not fill my time, my heart, my story i want to let 'em go, i wanna let 'em go i've pushed my edges to show, i push my edges to show i can be just me and i like me only i can save myself, that's why i decide to leave when i think that i should leave only i can be myself only i can create myself as i want to be all the cigarette smoke can never fully close the space between us all the alcohol i could choke down could not give me the confidence i needed to breath in full permission of the glory that i am with respect and admiration, respect and admiration and i want to let 'em go, i wanna let 'em go i've pushed my edges to show, i push my edges to show i can be just me and i like me only i can save myself, that's why i decide to leave when i think that i should leave only i can be myself, only i can create myself as i want to be

down by the river where they went to sit, sitting by the fire pit talking shit dreamin', dreamin', wanna watch the river go by wanna watch a river go by, wanna watch a river go by wanna watch a river go by, a river goes by find a place to put my feet in, i can't stop my contemplatin' rustling, rustling, wanna hear the trees sigh wanna hear the trees sigh, wanna hear the trees sigh i wanna her the trees sigh, the trees sigh <chorus> revolution's fine when there's people to find, they've got no time so dreamin' is mine all i want to do is eat up some life, all i want to do is smell some pine all i wanna do is watch that tiver go by, all i wanna do is watch that river go by my hair flows back as the train rolls by, my pulse keeps rising as the sound gets high rollin', rollin', i wanna watch the train roll by wanna watch the train roll by, wanna watch the train roll by wanna watch the train roll by, the train rolls by <chorus>

by john prine when i was a child my family would travel down to western kentucky where my parents were born and there's a backwards old town that's often remembered so many times that my memories are worn <chorus> and daddy won't you take me back to muhlenberg county down by the green river where paradise lay well i'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking mister peabody's coal train has hauled it away well sometimes we'd travel right down the green river to the abandoned old prison down by adrie hill where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols but empty pop bottles was all we would kill <chorus> then the coal company came with the world's biggest shovel and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken then they wrote it all down as the progress of man <chorus> when i die let my ashes float down the green river let my soul roll on up to the rochester dam ill be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting just 5 miles away from wherever i am <chorus>

i got warrior mind, i got warrior feet tonight we're gonna dance to the warrior beat, Mahs calling us to act, to disrupt the fossil flow to the rich man, government, this industry must blow please take up my actions, flock like robins bandits no distractions, we may fight in factions guerilla style tactics, the earth will protect us we strike from every angle, location is a secret the bones of the earth are bleeding black blood people soak it up, the often think they should they pump it through their stations but the systems have flaws, one crack in the pipe and oil soil draws into the groundwater and then into our intestines passed along to children this addiction is depressing us from our communion with sustainable transportation, from becoming an austere and sovereign nation i know we will take back what stole cuz mother she always knows Mah she sent the message, she told that the people they must stand up and be bold <Mah called in the monkey wrench gang!> <to the fracking fields we go to disrupt the fossil flow, if i get stopped may another co go!> hey in the black mesa diggin' up coal, Fuck you! in the appalachia, mountain tops removed, Fuck you! in the canyons of the colorado, you build massive dams to control the waters flow hey, what if the engine blocked itself today? when the moon rises up from the horizon when the sun lays down, stars guide the way light em up, light em up, 'till the candles they will burn down to the sites of the dozers and the tractors sleep and sound in the day they build sand castles, pipelines across the land bleed oil on the ground, for which many cannot stand they're looking for a fight, pushed us one to many times sometimes one has to sacrifice a little for a lot to lot crash and burn we did not sell the land but the government did i know we will take back what you stole cuz mother she always knows Mah she sent the message, she told that the people they must stand up and be bold <Mah called in the monkey wrench gang!> <to the fracking fields we go to disrupt the fossil flow, if i get stopped may another co go!> people started building sand castles up, stacking people in the concrete huts weren't allowed land to graze or rows to grow so they're yelling out, we'll kick em down and build our own homes! we don't need your energy or sustenance to live we'll grind our own flour and bake our own bread we can drink the water that falls from the sky we want to work together, making plans for the turning of the tide i know that we will take back what you stole cuz mother she always knows Mah she sent the message, she told that the people they must stand up and be bold

Mah want the fall, back into the cradle ok, Mah want it all, sit back relax ok, envision the optimal, stay centered so its possible cross the river by the ridge ok, cross the river by the ridge ok we roll like rumbling thunder, we roll like rumbling thunder She waited in the sun, while the kids they played by the river they would run, these are beautiful days catch a reflection of the universal one, cross the river by the ridge ok we roll like rumbling thunder, we roll like rumbling thunder <oh the world, watch it turn, watch it burn, watch it grow> the heavens are drippin' down, this path is not yet beaten out the rivers foaming at the mouth, the rivers foaming at the mouth Mah want to fall back into the cradle now, back into the cradle now, back into the cradle ok! we roll like rumbling thunder, we roll like rumbling thunder <oh the world, watch it turn, watch it burn, watch it grow>

I want to leave the city and go build a garden and watch myself grow gonna dig into the ground and build a shelter rocket stove burning and the embers glow All spring, and summer, and fall i love the plants i grow my heart it thaw with them, i make my body, make my soul, make my rocket stove burning and the embers glow Canning jars for seeds and kimchi! Fermenting vegetables, as flour grains will rise, tanning skins and cleaning bones Lovin' our neighbors and they're usually home Home is built deep, root cellar under me as i sleep, silently counting the sheep walking around me, i can hear the grass rustle beneath my feet i can hear the rocket stove burning and the embers glow Canning jars for seeds and kimchi! Fermenting vegetables, as flour grains will rise, tanning skins and cleaning bones Lovin' our neighbors and they're usually home Well i listened to myself and gave that self some love the seeds that i planted long ago, here they come i sought out elders and they agreed to teach me now i have the chance to create the world i wanna see Canning jars for seeds and kimchi! Fermenting vegetables, as flour grains will rise, tanning skins and cleaning bones Lovin' our neighbors an they're usually home rocket stove burning and the embers glow