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The War Museum Blues

from Roger Manning (RM3) by Roger Manning

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look out, look out, look out, look out
look out when you're up against people
who ain't got much more to lose

big pow-wow, little big horn
look out, watch your back
when you back people who ain't got much more to lose into a corner

the calvary blundered
despite TONS of arrogance
they were way out numbered
ran like hell
died on a hill
clutching money in their hands

ma ma ma ma ma ma montana
the cops sure got their ass kicked here!

big horn, little man
little man, big stick
dead uniform in the glory battlefield loser museum
jingo-junkie visitors gotta comment on how small the man was
sure is a glorious place alright...

how dare the indigenous insist they know best on how they should exist!
send in cops
clear the way for greed
but watch your back when you're up against people
with nothing much left to lose!

ma ma ma ma ma ma montana
the cops sure got their ass kicked here!

the cops work for whoever pays them
the economic elite pays them
with your money
and * aren't we all too ready for neglect, prison, and
police action against a population that we've been
conned into perceiving as disloyal to our interest?

you don't believe that hype do you - that
custer's calvary died in glory?
just a bunch of cops who fucked up

government wiping out culture for profit
got held up for a couple of days
in the furry little big horn hills of

ma ma ma ma ma ma montana
the cops sure got their ass kicked!

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* paraphrased from an early 90s article in Downtown
Magazine ( by Bill Weinberg i believe)

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from Roger Manning (RM3), released January 1, 1995

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Roger Manning New York, New York

The first Roger Manning album was released by California punk recording label SST (Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.). I toured the US and occasionally bits of Europe for over 10 years performing wordy-solo-rock accompanied by bass-heavy amplified 'acoustic' guitar. There's been a bit of re-emergence since 2007 and the album release in December 2014. ... more

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