It's Only Freedom

from Basically Blue, vol. 1 by Longboat

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Fear is the source from which
All troubles stem
They get much worse once you
Give in to them
You’re seeing phantoms dancing round
In broad daylight
Of course things get out of hand
In the dark of night
They seem to grow and increase in size
Well, you might go and do something quite unwise - uh-huh

You can spread the toxic thoughts from your
Broken brain
Know who’s at fault
And who should take the blame
Let them know that there’s a
Partisan, evil threat
Soon you’ll make even
Normally sane folks sweat
You don’t present proof, so no one will find
That all this stuff is just in your mind - cuckoo!

So call congress
Tell them you’re horrified
Call congress
The righteous stand on your side

It’s time for law and order
It’s time to close the border

A strict state is what we oughta become
Hey, it’s only freedom

Your ideas may be
Completely nuts
If people call you out
You just kick their butts
This is the shaky temple
Madness has bought and built
When slinging mud, dip down deep
In the silt
Tell the masses where you stand
And soon they’ll be eating straight out of your hand - that’s right

So call congress
Give those bureaucrats hell
Call congress
Scream, shout and maybe yell

There is no resolution
Without a revolution

Public executions, lots more to come
Hey, it’s only freedom

So kill congress
Go on, take them all out
Kill congress
No conscience, also no doubt

Unite all seething factions
It’s time for drastic actions

It’s tyranny that you’ve just begun
Hey, it was only freedom

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from Basically Blue, vol. 1, released August 25, 2020

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