History Lyrics

I am a knot of silence you untangle me and you don't even show

It's been the worry of a poor boy which I aint, and God you always seems to know

The things we had forgotten you'll remember when your boxing up our home

Cause this history ain't bullshit so don't forget let's just tell it as a joke

And yah we got our sisters and in some ways we still got our mom and dads

Though we've been defeated and forgotten well we know it's not so bad

Cause the genes are strings or netting and we're stuck here or we're strung up in a yoke

And this history ain't bullshit don't forget it don't just tell it as a joke

And I've been known to squander means surrender for forever dollar more

You can buy out of this habit you can buy yourself out of this endless war

But money disappears like rabbits, the magic of the mirrors and the never ending smoke

And this history ain't bullshit don't forget it don't just tell it as a joke

So, we all pillaged Townes

Who stole from Burdon

Who took from Dylan

Who stole Van Ronk's

Who took from Guthrie but nouns keeping track

It's a breeze to borrow something but it's stolen if you never give it back

But these words as restitution don't amend a past we hide behind a cloak

No this history ain't bullshit don't forget it don't just tell it as a joke

Cause at least it's on the table you can see that it's been sitting there and broke

No this history ain't bullshit don't forget don't you just tell it as a joke