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Action Changes Thinking

by Moon Bandits

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1.
Burn it down 01:28
Blow up every building in this town And watch it all burn down to the ground See the owners grovel the peasants cheer And we do it all for love We don’t have to sit and watch this happen We can change everything right now There’s a dream I have this world will change We will be free from bribery Build a world that matters fuck those corporate latters Feel the breeze of freedom on our face Don’t just chuckle this is the way it is We have to want more than this Strip malls of clothes made by four year olds Can’t put a smile on anyone’s face Apathy sets in and we know it’s wrong But we don’t have a better way to live
2.
The Symptom 03:06
Family first until the market swallows the earth And your stocks need a boost again deny the truth Rich man steals from the poor man who steals from the rich man We’ve all lost again and again and in the end in the end no one wins Oh we’re not falling this time For those corporate lies The problem isn’t the boss the problem isn’t the cops It’s the symptom of the system So if you can help me maybe I can help you Maybe the bosses and cops will just go away Oh we’re not falling this time For those corporate lies The boss feels pressured, employees feel lost The machine doesn’t know right from wrong When compassions not an option and concern is never learned We live a life alone like there’s no other way Oh we’re not falling this time For those corporate lies
3.
If prohibition worked so well why’d it only last 12 years Problems never been alcohol just like it’s not heroin So let’s get those people outta cells end this war on drugs right now Right now! X2 People going to their grave if we stop this madness they might be saved There’s a ban on use of federal money for syringe exchanges No shortage of spending for incarceration This must end Right now x2
4.
When the river runs free from the mountains to the sea and there’s no concrete around When there are wolverines in those hills you see from the windows of your home When the cages open and every single animal’s not treated like a commodity Oh we’ll sing for days about the joys of change I’ll sing songs about trashless streams and the joy it brings for me my dear We’ll see a pure world and feel provided for by the earth not in fear And we’ll sleep at night knowing that the stars are bright above those heads of ours Oh we’ll sing for days about the joys of change I’ll take my daughter on hikes see trees older than these lies knowing that they are safe We will celebrate life and help each other day to day when we are not consumer slaves We will feel free knowing what that means when freedoms given to everything Oh we’ll sing for days about the joys of change
5.
Fear of not getting what I want or of losing what I’ve got Keeps me in this place doing the same thing day to day And if I want this world to change I’m going to have to change my perspective Cause nothing’s going to change if I stay the same This may be the hardest thing I’ve done in my whole life Changing my mind about some things that are rooted inside me deeply Changing my actions changing the decisions I make in my life Revolutions personal it starts in my own mind Someone once told me nothing changes nothing changes it’s as simple as that And it’s true for me and you it’s not a corporate call or a blood bath So let’s pick up where were at and change what we can x2 Chorus repeat
6.
Cold Leaves 02:57
There’s a time when I know I’ve just got to get out of this city I look up and I see those mountains and the trees are calling me I’ve been working so hard you know I can barely breathe There are those times when I forget what’s most important to me Got to hear the wind blow through the trees by my face Hear the streams move by slowly to another place This artificial world doesn’t have what I need When this is all I know you don’t know me
7.
not long ago we were up in the north west for some hiking in Olympic and while there we saw some clear cutting it broke our hearts and we thought of those people sitting in those trees yea we thought of them and we want them to know we appreciate all that they do you help the world to know that there’s more to life than cars and bars and we appreciate all that you do in your life because those trees you sit in in the northwest are worth more than toilet paper for me and you
8.
It's a lie 01:40
when you see some company tell you on TV that it’s gonna make you feel free be skeptical please please cause it’s a lie! it’s a liiiieeeee! I know I don’t know much but I know they don’t care about me I know I don’t know much but I know they don’t care about you it’s a lie! it’s a liiiieeeee! when you’re walking down the street and you see those billboards staring at you hope you’re not listening cause nothing that they say is fucking true it’s a lie! it’s a liiiieeeee!
9.
it’s so easy to look at this place feel like all is hopeless in our space but my friends please keep your heads up now cause if we don’t do something somehow we’re gonna lose all we have to them x2 we’ve already given up our time most of our precious little lives please don’t give up all your soul there’s more to life than payin their tolls their gonna take all we have from us x2 oh my friends this isn’t over yet we’ve still got each other don’t forget and when you feel like all is lost turn to your brother and help him up we’re gonna take all this back one day x4
10.
Fool's gold 03:01
I’m not gonna sit and watch as my friends punch down on the same fuckin clock And it breaks my heart as their heads all bleed And they lay down at night but they can’t fuckin sleep City lights burn bright Not a star in sight Selfishness is the only thing that makes us happy But…. It’s only temporary It’s only temporary It’s only temporary x2 I hope you know we deserve more than this ….shit I hope one day we’ll pass on it ….this shit x2

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released March 8, 2013

Astrid: Violin, Vocals, and Art
Tommy: Banjo, Vocals, and Lyrics
Paul: Vocals on Burn it down
Produced by Paul Roessler at Kitten Robot Studios in Los Angeles

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