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Inside Out Upside Down ~ B

from Ask John Steinbeck ~ Right Lane by Jim Ballard

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Inside Out Upside Down

I walked out one mornin' early lookin' all around me
Before too long something went wrong now what can that sound be?

Mansions way up on the hill shot gun shacks in alleys
some ain't got no home until they rest down in that valley

Inside out upside down inside out upside down

Take the pledge and hold the line fatted calf gets fatter
Reach the top, say I got mine, then pull up the ladder

One takes a fortune in an hour by the trading deadline
One ain't got no salt or flour standin' in the bread line

Inside out upside down inside out upside down

Children sent out to be warriors in the name of nations
Battlefields the blood that's spilled ain't from no corporations

Semi's full of semiautomatics stacked up to the gunwales
People ain't got nowhere to go, livin' in streets and tunnels

I walked out one mornin' early lookin' all around me
wasn't long somethin' was wrong. Now what can that sound be

Inside out upside down inside out better turn it around...


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One hand gives one takes away one behind the back hides
waitin' on some judgement day in trouble if you back slide

Aces held tight to the chest so close you can't see now
Dealin' out the bottom card deck of fifty three now

Listen children you shall hear a story of two nations
One

Empty pastures fallow fields no plow are they tillin'
Bring them home upon their shields whispers of the willin' silent bones a chillin'

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from Ask John Steinbeck ~ Right Lane, released August 12, 2017

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A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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