Braggin' Rights Lyrics

I often get the urge to sing a story

About misfortune, poverty, decline

But once in a while I stop and think

Smile like Hell and have a drink

And realise it’s not bad to walk that line

Now when too many few begin to take advantage

And the rest of us are left to wait in line

Well I look around at you and me

We’ll work it out, sing melody

And stand together with reason and rhyme

Rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!

Now the first time I saw one man strum a six-string

On his own and speaking his own mind

I thought ‘blow me down, he’s covering ground

Takes them on with a mighty sound

Perhaps then this is something I can find’

Now I never thought I’d speak with some conviction

Considering my steep and short decline

But if I hear “It’s me, me, me”

At least it would be plain to see

That this would be a total waste of time

Rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!

Now I never thought I’d stand here staring at you

No I never thought I’d glare into your eyes

But now you see that devil in me

Sure, this all ends in catastrophe

But at least it’s been an entertaining ride

Rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!

They’re gonna tear ‘em up

Your rights!

They’re gonna burn ‘em down

Our rights!

We’re gonna smoke ‘em out

And then bring them screaming to their knees

We’ll bring them screaming to their knees

We’ll bring them screaming to their knees

Your rights!