Knock That Statue Down chords by Marc Ribot, Syd Straw

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Well, I went down to Charlottesville
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just the other day
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and I  could not believe the things
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I saw them do and heard them say.
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I saw torch lit Nazis
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marching on the heart of town.
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I saw a  sweet young
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Charlottesville woman
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lying dead on the ground.
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I heard some fool shouting something
about the heritage of Mr. Robert E. Lee.
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I said, better find someone
else to be proud of
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Cause we're sick and tired
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of white supremacy
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It's time to knock that
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statue down
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We're gonna knock that no
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good statue down
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We should have done it
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long ago but
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We never got around
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Now we're gonna knock that
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no good statue down
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Well I still remember my
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grandma told me
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About our family who died
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In the little town of Auschwitz, Poland
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Forty years later she still sat and cried
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So when you talk about
your blood and soil
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We say no thank you,
Mr. Nazi, not this time
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We're gonna knock that no
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-good fascist down
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We're gonna knock that no
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-good fascist down
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Well, they did it back in World War II
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And it's our turn this time around
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We're gonna knock that no
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-good fascist down
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Well, I saw the President of the USA
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Smiling on my cable TV
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And he seemed just a little bit confused
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about our country's history
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Said, if you start tearing down
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white supremacist statues
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Well, golly gee, where's it all gonna end?
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I said, take a look in the mirror now
Donald calls sometimes
in the course of human events
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You gotta knock that no
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-good tyrant down
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You gotta knock that tyrant down
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Go take your good friend Vladimir
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And take the next bus out of town
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We're gonna knock that
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no -good tyrant down
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Oh yeah, we're gonna knock that
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no -good tyrant down
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Oh yeah, we're gonna
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knock that no -good tyrant down
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