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Hamell On Trial
Values
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Alternative Folk
Values est sorti le 7 février 2006 par Righteous Babe Records dans le cadre de l'album Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
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AlbumSongs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
Date de sortie7 février 2006
LabelRighteous Babe Records
LangueEnglish
Qualité mélodique
Acoustique
Valence
Dansabilité
Énergie
BPM106

PRÉSENTATION

PAROLES

Crédits

INTERPRÉTATION
Hamell On Trial
Hamell On Trial
Programmation
COMPOSITION ET PAROLES
Edward James Hamell
Edward James Hamell
Paroles/Composition
PRODUCTION ET INGÉNIERIE
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Production

Paroles

My son my son is more than one
He's more than two he's less than three
He tries to talk to me
About this about that about his coat about his hat
About birds, about the weather
And he's putting words together
And he's forming little phrases
He's got little verbal phases
And he's challenging me
He's got his own personality
I tell him little boys gotta pick up their toys
And what he then said exploded my head
He said, "Dad, let me get this straight
The President of the United States
From everything I heard
Is arguably the most powerful position in the world"
He could have knocked me over with a feather
Listen to him putting those words together
That's pretty advanced noise
All I want him to do is pick up his toys
He said, "We're over in Iraq
And there's no sign of turning back
Now aren't these people dying?
On both sides pain and crying?"
Well that's a lot for a child of three
But I answered him yes, honestly
And he said, "Dad, am I out of my mind?
But the weapons of mass destruction they did not find?"
I said, "No son, no
WMD was a no-show"
And he said, "Dad, they proved that Iraq
Had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack?"
I said, "I can't argue with you
'Cause, uh, everything that you say is true"
And then from the mouth of the littlest of boys
He said, "Dad, I ain't picking up my fucking toys"
I said, "Fine, fuck it
Doesn't take a lot of brains
To see in this new world chaos reigns
If you can't make sense no more
Take off your diaper, take a shit on the floor"
Values! Values! Values!
I said, "We're getting in a sweat
What do you say we study the alphabet?"
He said, "Dad, we've been over this before"
But let's go over it one time more
He said, "Dad, you ain't no fool
Is there some kind of Presidential school?
Some kind of test or exam
To show that you're the qualified man?
I mean, from everything I hear
Let me see if I'm clear
People are voting him in
'Cause they want to socialize with him and a beer
That ain't no qualification
For a man to be leading a nation
What if you saw a guy from the bar emerging?
Would you say he'd make a fuck of a surgeon?
He's a nice guy, although no education
I'm gonna let him do my wife's brain operation
Dad, I'm gonna hold off on class
You can stick the alphabet up your ass"
Values! Values! Values!
So we're down at the playground
Running 'round safe and sound
The kids are on the slides and the swings falling down
But they're only three or two
And they fight over toys as little kids do
And when I tell my son he's gotta share
When he comes up with this all I can do is stare
He said, "I'm an isolationist, Dad
That kid made me really fucking mad
I don't need him or NATO
God chose me, it's fate, oh
Values are tough to teach the child
When the President has gone completely wild
I put my kid in his room and I lock the door
And I tell my wife I can't take it no more"
Values! Values! Values!
Written by: Edward James Hamell

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