We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Drinking Dead

from Blood, Sweat & Beers by Hatfield

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €1.75 EUR

     

about

This is a track off the full-length album "Blood, Sweat and Beers".

lyrics

in a bar somewhere in Nowhereville the drinking dead debate
on what went wrong with all mankind and the trouble it must face
Einstein shares his thoughts on the wars that lie ahead
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

JFK and Lincoln at a table dealing stud
talk about the grassy knoll and spilling brother’s blood
it don’t matter if your politics are blue or if they’re red
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Dr. Martin Luther King and Ghandi both agree
equality of man just ain’t as far as it should be
color blindness is the only place for us to head
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Teresa of Calcutta with a wine glass in her hand
quotes the holy book on the tyranny of man
the road to absolution has some obstacles ahead
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

strumming his guitar Woody Guthrie sings aloud
‘bout fascist pigs and Nazi snakes and the evil-doing crowd
don’t buy the lies they’re selling, don’t let them in your head
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

Orwell raises up his glass, a toast is long past due
the future he predicted has eventually come true
the knowledge in those books is power ready to be read
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

lest we forget the words spoken in another time
by men and women brave enough to say what’s on their mind
the right to share your thoughts is a freedom that some dread
if you wanna change the living, you have to listen to the dead

credits

from Blood, Sweat & Beers, released September 8, 2016
Words + Music: Mark Hatfield
Recorded by Christian Heinz @ mute audio (labs) in Höchberg, Germany

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Hatfield Würzburg, Germany

Mark Hatfield from Würzburg, Germany. Folk-punking stages around the world with his trusty live-sidekick Konstantin Vey. Well, maybe not around the world. Just Germany. Come to think of it... Bavaria. OK, northern Bavaria...

contact / help

Contact Hatfield

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Hatfield recommends:

If you like Hatfield, you may also like: