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Stetson Kennedy Tab

by Billy Bragg


Great song.  I think its on Mermaid Avenue Vol. II with Wilco and Billy Bragg.  Enjoy!



              
I done spent my last three cents
                        
Mailing my letter to the president
                                                        
I didn't make a show, I didn't make a dent
                               
So I'm swinging over to this independent gent
        
Stetson Kennedy
           
Writing his name in
        X2

                  
I can't win out to save my soul
                               
Long as Smathers-Dupont's got me in the hole
                        
Them war profit boys are squawking and balking
                             
That's what's got me out here walking and talking
                                  
Knocking on doors and windows
                               
Wake up and run down election morning
                          
And scribble in Stetson Kennedy

                                       
I ain't the world's best writer nor the world's best speller
                                        
But when I believe in something I'm the loudest yeller
                               
If we fix it so's you can't make money on war
                           
We'll all forget what we're killing folks for
                                  
We'll find us a peace job equal and free
                              
Dump Smathers-Dupont in a salty sea
                                           
Well, this makes Stetson Kennedy the man for me


--MiScHiEf BrEw--