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Art Not War

by Greg Englesson

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1.
Living On the Residue 03:02
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Living On The Residue by Greg Englesson Thinking of the state of mind that crucified the infidel trying to touch who you where before you tangled up and fell wondering how I could glimpse a bit inside your lovely shell praying that someday we may just have to go embrace this hell Living on the residue, Living living on the residue due due, living living on the residue, living living living on the residue due due Beautiful abundant land from filthy shining sea you see people buzz around inside their tiny tin machinery monkey mind inside the head driving the famed insanity dirty lungs adhere to air fowled by the fear appears to be Living on the residue, Living living on the residue due due, living living on the residue, living living living on the residue due due Ruled by a doctrine that will make you want to clutch and grab as you wonder why your not so happy and in fact your sad. because you can’t get what you need, they take what they want, your mad because you wish you had what they have, now you see you have been had Living on the residue, Living living on the residue due due, living living on the residue, living living living on the residue due due I don’t want to end this song in such a depressed mental state I would like to feel all your love and not at all so much your hate maybe we could see we hold the key to turn the path of fate realize the need to spread the wealth before it gets to late Living on the residue
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Bank Fuck 04:38
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Bank Fuck by Greg Englesson Well it happened just the other day I had a tall stack of bills to pay so I wrote my way out of debt and I even paid up the rent then the landlady called me up screaming... she’s nuts... into my gut said I wrote out a bad check that bounced her pain into my neck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck See I transferred the account now I have the wrong amount they punched in the improper code and my balance became zero so I got on the telephone to get my cash or a loan they transferred me to hold now I’m 99 years old Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Now I’m standing in the endless line wasting more & more of precious time a man in front of me Just won that lottery years of deposit with no withdrawal Now I know I ain’t got it I can hear that fat vault call Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Tell the teller hello window do ray me fa so lot’s of dough she points to that cold cash machine punch it if you want that green morphine what is my number I’ll have to sit and wonder 0 4 3 9 2 6 I just want my money fix Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck Bank Fu uck
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The Decider 03:36
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The Decider by Greg Englesson He was the Decider... he’d decide for you and me He was the decider... decider he would be He was the decider... knew what he would do He was the decider... did he have a clue? D D Decider D D D Decider D D Decider Decider He was the decider... ate hamburgers on a bun he was the decider... liked to joke and have some fun He was the decider... watched that foxy news He was the decider... chose a life for you to loose. D D Decider D D D Decider D D Decider Decider (Whistle Break) It’s black and white boy We let him talk to his adviser... because he was the decider ya all Is that what made him wiser... ooh that little kisser. He sure weren’t no realizer... He’s was here for every miser Sometimes he might flip a coin because he would decide to decide even though, he might not know... what to decide eny meany miney moe ... gonna catch them senators by their toes If they holler gonna throw them some doe ray me D D Decider D D D Decider D D Decider Decider
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Oil & Guns 03:08
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Oil & Guns by Greg Englesson Oil & guns, Oil & guns just keep buying Oil and guns. Maybe a bomb, maybe your son, keep on marching with oil & guns could be a tank driven by a daughter, blasting heavy metal into lambs at a slaughter Oi Oi Oil, Oi Oi Oi Oil, Oil & guns, Oil & guns, keep on buying Oil & guns They parade the latest craze across the heart on my sleeve I buy what they sell as the innocent bleed The funny thing is nothing at all we’re paying the piper at this masquerade ball Oi Oi Oil, Oi Oi Oi Oil, Oil & guns, Oil & guns just keep buying Oil & guns Champagne glasses toast an empty banquet grunts blindly roast free to want what they get we buy fads and gadgets that fade the next day as we push our boy’s and girls down into harms way Oi Oi Oil, Oi Oi Oil, Oi Oi Oil, Oi Oi Oil.
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I'm Just a Kid 02:22
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I’m Just A Kid by Greg Englesson Show me modern culture ‘cause I am here to learn you throw away the future with all you bury and you burn I’m just looking up to you dad and your economic crap commercials raise and feed fads I need some kind of map don’t keep it hid, I’m just a kid look what you did, I’m just a kid I’m helpless in these diapers I eat sleep shit and piss the worlds full of vipers please let me hug your fist I know your ego is your style even though it is your pain let the pleasure of my smile sooth your soul so it seems sane don’t keep it hid, I’m just a kid look what you did, I’m just a kid you say we will inherit I say you took out a loan you say it’s up to us to fix it well I don’t like your tone you got us into this mess now wake up and grab a mop you need to just expect less live with what you got don’t keep it hid, I’m just a kid look what you did, I’m just a kid
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All Along the World 04:24
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All Along The World by Greg Englesson Skipping rocks out to sea look at you and look at me All along the world executives sit in big board rooms devising ways to trap the moon All along the world billionaires buy and build despair if only they new how to share All along the world Produce and products sit in stores as children sit and starve at the doors All along the world One big ball of life spinning round day and night War and hunger pull a knife as peace feasts on in black sunlight it ain’t right no it ain’t right On a mountaintop trees come down a mine collapsed in a steal town All along the world missiles whistle familiar tunes as monsters lurk in dark lagoons All along the world science slice poke a pigeon hole in some strange way it takes it’s toll All along the world now that we know what we do we still don’t seem to have a clue All along the world One big ball of life spinning round day and night War and hunger pull a knife as peace feasts on in black sunlight it ain’t right no it ain’t right Fairies flutter for those who see and wish and dream and who believe All along the world the earth may shake up a tidal wave lap up towns and dig up graves All along the world but she knows what she must do it’s all a part of me and you All along the world so don’t you fret now you can see have no regrets we must be free All along along long World!
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Stop the War 03:32
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Stop the War by Greg Englesson and all the people came from all around they joined together so the peace would abound from all walks of life with diverse back grounds many different beliefs with one common ground stop the War let peace endure stop the War let peace endure To live with each other without violence sister and brother in complete alliance we must shake off the shackles of imposed consciousness realize what we are in complete confidence stop the War let peace endure stop the War let peace endure as War rages on in the human minds eye flowers keep smiling in butterfly skies casualties tear the sad face of despair while peace spreads its arms to embrace and to care stop the War let peace endure stop the War let peace endure
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Resistance 03:17
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Resistance by Greg Englesson Automated Zombies in a trance gotta learn resistance controlling your behavior your life is dull and lacks flavor gotta resist, life is what we’ve missed resistance, resistance gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn ya ya gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn ya ya gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn ya ya tell me what to do how to be like you resist it resist it resist it resist it don’t be a clone, your not alone resistance, resistance gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn ya ya gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn resistance gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn resistance struggle for your life up against the night don’t let them tell you what you got to do resist it resist it resist it resist it gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn resistance gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn resistance gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn gotta learn resistance gotta feel with your heart what is real we must start resistance resistance
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Teflon Tourist 03:58
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Teflon Tourist by Greg Englesson Teflon Tourist with their Teflon soul sucking up the culture into a Teflon hole Going to your country to relax and tan my skin get a deal on memorabilia photograph your hungry kin witness the atrocities taking in the sights ignore the hypocrisy going out to get a bite Teflon Tourist stuck up in their conceit Teflon Tourist living a lie that can’t be beat Teflon Tourist with their Teflon soul sucking up the culture into a Teflon hole walking on the sandy beach swimming in the sea people sweat cents in a shop in a Nike factory I flew upon a jet to a land where they only walk people here can’t read or write I type on my lap top Teflon Tourist stuck up in their conceit Teflon Tourist living a lie that can’t be beat Teflon Tourist with their Teflon soul sucking up the culture into a Teflon hole I’ll analyze this culture with my stories on Teflon sure I’m an ethnocentric vulture but at least I’ll have my fun well it’s almost time for me to leave go back home to my big house where I’ll eat my snacks and watch TV while you live hand to mouth
10.
Tell Me Why 06:35
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Tell Me Why by Greg Englesson Tell me why the wind blows up in the trees Tell me why the waters of winter must freeze Tell me why Tell me why Tell me why the soil erodes with the tears of the heavens Tell me why the days of the week equal seven Tell me why Tell me why Tell me why a hug relieves the pain and the stress Tell me why the human must make such a mess Tell me why Tell me why Why the politicians promise us lies and our good poets speak of demise Tell me why Tell me why Why does this vain lust gnaw on our poor souls Why priests forgive us with dead words and wows Tell me why Tell me why Tell me why… Tell … Tell me … Tell me why … Tell… Tell me why… Tell… Tell me… Tell me why…. Tell… Tell me why the streets pave the way to no where Why that on wall Street they buy and sell shares Tell me why Tell me why Why the Lava pours thick from the sea Why is there trouble for you and for me Tell me why Tell me Why Why is there plenty when thats not enough Why do men speak truths as if they were bluffs Tell me why Tell me why Why Lucifer is a child of God and the almighty seems but a fraud Tell me why Tell me why Why they freeze the sperm and the egg and outlaw abortion while the homeless must beg Tell me why Tell me why Tell me why… Tell me… Tell me why… Tell… Tell me why…Tell me… Tell me why…
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Is There Another Way 06:55
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Is There Another Way? by Greg Englesson I know just how you feel it seems sometimes these wounds will never heal In times such as these... we yearn to be free we look to no where and know thats where to be drive fast from here.... race until the end to drive from there, tell me where you’ve been down by the river flowing endlessly the bridge with all it’s cars, washed into the sea Is there another way in another day who can really say only those who may Now I sit by the edge of the sea of time the moon is so full, blue beaming sublime a jet screams through my head and I know not where I am rise up and walk away, run into all of them they bitch and they moan and they want not what they’ve sown but keep to forge ahead, until they go to bed they dream of nothing new but dig a grave for me and you the seeds scatter in the wind that grows from deep within Is there another way in another day who can really say only those who may The blight upon the land must go hand in hand with the rains that gently bath the flat and rolling plaines and man with all he needs wants more than he can bleed so suffer that we will until we’ve had our fill the change is coming soon, such life grows out of ruin in time we’ll seize the rains and dance to ease the pain let go of what we know and let it flow, as we let go sun sets at sun rise as we die to live our lives

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© ℗ 2012 Greg Englesson
“Art Not War” was written in and around Woodstock, NY except for 2 tracks written and recorded in Chelsea after moving from the East Village in the late 80’s after the release of The Chronic Citizens “Capital Cult”. 4 tunes were recorded in the tiny wooden room in the cold stone house above a warm kitchen…the 2 tracks recorded in Chelsea were in a tiny studio apartment under a loft bed surrounded by boxes of Chronic Citizens albums…5 songs were recorded in the back of Ed’s music shop in Kingston NY (home of a monthly Jam attended by many local & touring musicians) … “Art Not War” was conceived during the Bush years but given birth during Obama’s 4th year… “Many thanks for words of truth on CD” says Lord Litter whose been playing Englesson for years on his Magic Music Box International.

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released March 22, 2019

Produced, Written &
Performed by
Greg Englesson.
Tracks 2,5,8,10,11
recorded & mixed on
my 4 track @ home,
9 by Magnetic North &
1,3,4,6,7 by Ed Butler
who did the mastering.
Photos were done by
Suzette Lebel
who was indispensable
on every level.

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Greg Englesson (Mr. E) Kingston, New York

Chronic Citizen Greg Englesson
is a Funky Roots Rocking Poet playing Topical Lyrical Folk Rap 
spiced with social satire wound in a Zen blender. Greg E a Prolific songwriter/ storyteller has a background in Ethical Social & Political Philosophy. ... more

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