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Well Enough Alone

from Songs of Love and Protest by Ben Ernest Nelson

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Will you visit me? (in my rabbit hole)
I've been dying in these trenches and it's tearing out my soul
I've followed all your orders, I can't lift my head no more
and we can't leave well enough alone.

You sent me over seas, and across the desserts bare.
I've climbed all your mountain tops, and raised your colors their.
The villages lay pillaged, and theirs famine everywhere.
and we can't leave well enough alone.

It's not about the freedom, the red, the white or blue
when invading soverign nations it was never what we do.
But if times are a-changing, people can change too,
and we can't leave well enough alone.

We used our fire power and we cleared the city streets
and ignored the starving children who were clinging to our feet.
Just send them our McDonalds, and they'll find a way to eat.
and we can't leave well enough alone.

Our politicians promise to turn our lives around,
but they are taking all our money and they are not making a sound
We all the people are getting burried underground
and we can't leave well enough alone.

So turn to the churches, that's all that we have left.
After all, if God's correct, than this is just a test.
But when religion's just a product, I've got no pennies left,
and we can't leave well enough alone.

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from Songs of Love and Protest, released December 29, 2011
Ben Ernest Nelson - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

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Ben Ernest Nelson Denton, Texas

Ben Ernest Nelson is a Singer/Songwriter from north Texas. His debut album, Songs of Love and Protest, was released in 2011, and rereleased in 2020.
He has played in Knoxville Dangerous, The Goners, and Armadillo Pillow.

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