Backward and Behind

It's time to shock the system It's leavin' us behind The company the government Left us down the mine My great-great-great grandfather Up in Harper's Ferry town Swinging from the gallows With the body of John Brown Grandad fought in France And Dad did time in Vietnam I was proud to serve in Iraq When they knocked our towers down Then come home to West Virginia And do what I'd planned to do Get a job at Upper Big Branch Have a wife and child or two So many corners cuttin' And a couple people died The inspectors they did nothin' Turned their blind eye to the side It wasn't much surprise then When our brothers twenty-nine Were buried by the rubble Never came up from the mine I could blame the company For doin' what they did But the scorpion always stings the frog 'Cause that's just who he is It was those damn inspectors And the government they're from They take our pride and money Then they tell us we've become Ignorant and racist Backward and behind Bible-thumpin' fools Livin' in a bygone time Well you go 'head and think that Mr. Harvard Ivy League I know one thing you don't The last laugh belongs to me It's time to shock the system You'll hear me and how I don't know what we're in for But you'll pay attention now January 27, 2017