Son Volt - I've Got To Know lyrics
[Son Volt - I've Got To Know lyrics]
I've got to know, yes, I've got to know
Friend hungry lips ask me wherever I go!
Comrades and friends all falling around me
I've got to know, yes, I've got to know
Why do your war boats ride on my waters?
Why do your death bombs fall from my skies?
Why do you burn my farm and my town down?
I've got to know, friend, I've got to know!
What makes your boats haul
Death to my people?
Nitro blockbusters, big cannons and guns?
Why doesn't your ship bring
Food and some clothing?
I've sure got to know, folks
I've sure got to know!
Why can't my two hands get a good pay job?
I can still plow, plant, I can still sow!
Why did your lawbook chase me
Off my good land?
I'd sure like to know, friend
I've just got to know!
What good work did you do, sir
I'd like to ask you
To give you my money right out of my hands?
I built your big house here
To hide from my people
Why you crave to hide so, I'd love to know!
You keep me in jail and you lock me in prison
Your hospital's jammed and
Your crazyhouse full what made your cop kill
My trade union worker?
You'll hafta talk plain 'cause I
Sure have to know!
Why can't I get work and
Cash my big paycheck?
Why can't I buy things in
Your place and your store?
Why do you close my plant down
And starve all my buddies?
I'm asking you, sir
'cause I've sure got to know!
Friend hungry lips ask me wherever I go!
Comrades and friends all falling around me
I've got to know, yes, I've got to know
Why do your war boats ride on my waters?
Why do your death bombs fall from my skies?
Why do you burn my farm and my town down?
I've got to know, friend, I've got to know!
What makes your boats haul
Death to my people?
Nitro blockbusters, big cannons and guns?
Why doesn't your ship bring
Food and some clothing?
I've sure got to know, folks
I've sure got to know!
Why can't my two hands get a good pay job?
I can still plow, plant, I can still sow!
Why did your lawbook chase me
Off my good land?
I'd sure like to know, friend
I've just got to know!
What good work did you do, sir
I'd like to ask you
To give you my money right out of my hands?
I built your big house here
To hide from my people
Why you crave to hide so, I'd love to know!
You keep me in jail and you lock me in prison
Your hospital's jammed and
Your crazyhouse full what made your cop kill
My trade union worker?
You'll hafta talk plain 'cause I
Sure have to know!
Why can't I get work and
Cash my big paycheck?
Why can't I buy things in
Your place and your store?
Why do you close my plant down
And starve all my buddies?
I'm asking you, sir
'cause I've sure got to know!