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Wha Da We Got?

from MODERN DAY LIVING by KARIN BLAINE

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WHA DA WE GOT?

We are so nervous, we’re spinning ‘round about the dough
And the crease in our new winter suits costs us too much and we know it
But we got our hands caught in a steel-tooth trap
It’s too late and we can’t pull back
And our blood is collecting on the floor

We got our fancy clothes, we got our diamonds and our gems
We got our pretty houses, we got our pretty friends
We got these fancy cars we’re drivin’ all this shit we bought
But on the inside wha da we got? wha da we got? wha da we got?

Once upon a time we were gonna be free
It was the summer of love, baby, jimi hendrix, you and me
And we worked for justice and we fought for peace, we were donna change the whole damn thing
And the streets were overflowing with our bodies and our passions

Now we got our portfolios, our money market stocks
Our interest rates and dividends and swimming pools and tennis courts
And boob jobs and collagen and little nips and tucks
But on the inside wha da we got? wha da we got? wha da we got?

Have we got a spare moment to look in the mirror and see what we’ve become
A nation of stealers and wheelers and dealers in love with conning the con

We think we’ve made it but, you know, we haven’t
We dropped the ball along the way now that’s for certain
Now what you are is what you have and if you ain’t got nothing well it’s too damn bad
And it’s a crime to be poor, it’s a crime to be hurtin’

So we got our feel-good politics our causes and our cures
And we stick a yellow ribbon on everything that moves
But if we play our cards right we'll still end up on top
But on the inside wha da we got? wha da we got?

We got our portfolios, our money market stocks
Our interest rates and dividends and swimming pools and tennis courts
And boob jobs and collagen and little nips and tucks
But on the inside wha da we got? wha da we got?

We got our fancy clothes, we got our diamonds and our gems
We got our pretty houses, we got our pretty friends
We got these fancy cars we’re drivin’ all this shit we bought
But on the inside wha da we got? wha da we got? wha’da we got?
Wha da YOU got?

© 2011 Karin Blaine/dudessdahlia records (BMI)

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from MODERN DAY LIVING, released March 5, 2012

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Karin Blaine Seattle, Washington

Karin Blaine is an indie singer songwriter living in Seattle, WA. She performed in the greater PNW for 35 years, maximizing the potential of one voice and one guitar to amazing poetic and musical heights Her goal was to always hook up herself and her fellow messiahs with the heart of being human in a modern day world.
Today she connects via poetry and essays as Karin Bardarson. ... more

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