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America Loves The Minstrel Show

Written in the summer of 2003 and released on "Love Songs For Patriots" in October 2004. It has yet to be performed live.

My life is a sham
I pretend that I’m me
My life is a sham
I pretend that I’m free
Wake up wake up
Its time for me to go
America Loves The Mistrel Show

I dont want to hurt you
But if I do I’ll pay
I dont want to hurt you
But if I do I’ll pay
I’ll live in the dark where
Nothing can ever grow
America Loves The Mistrel Show

Its the thief whose the first
To accuse others they steal
Its the fake who claims to
Always know what is real
And millions all wanna bathe
In his glow
America Loves The Mistrel Show

They love me babe,
Theres a line around the block
They love me babe,
Compared to that what have you got
iIs who I am it’d be a
Crime to let it go
America Loves The Mistrel Show

iIknow that they’ll never forget me
And the funny faces I make
They’ll never forget me
And the funny faces I make
I make ‘em think that they won’t reap
What they sew
America Loves The Mistrel Show