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Save Myself Lyrics
when the culture's drowning in a bad dream
save myself, save myself and
when the old religion is the new greed
save myself, save myself and
they sabotaged the levee, killed gris gris
save myself, save myself and
when the vultures copyright the word free
save myself, save myself and
baby won't you come
baby won't you come
baby won't you come
when the elders all are playing make believe; save...
when they teach us lessons that they don't believe; save...
when they build up statues but neglect their seeds; save...
when my love and my hammers all i really need; save...
baby won't you come....
slow and steady
slow and steady
slow and steady
slow and steady...
when i live in a country without history; save...
one that buried its roots with its identity; save...
we still are searching for liberty; save...
we still are hiding from reality; save...
baby won't you come...
save myself, save myself and
when the old religion is the new greed
save myself, save myself and
they sabotaged the levee, killed gris gris
save myself, save myself and
when the vultures copyright the word free
save myself, save myself and
baby won't you come
baby won't you come
baby won't you come
when the elders all are playing make believe; save...
when they teach us lessons that they don't believe; save...
when they build up statues but neglect their seeds; save...
when my love and my hammers all i really need; save...
baby won't you come....
slow and steady
slow and steady
slow and steady
slow and steady...
when i live in a country without history; save...
one that buried its roots with its identity; save...
we still are searching for liberty; save...
we still are hiding from reality; save...
baby won't you come...
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whats gris? other than that this song is pretty amazing.
Only ONE other comment? How can that be? This song is AMAZING.
I was watching Freshly Squeezed (the Lord bless that show!) and Willy Mason was on it...he is soooo cute...and he was saying that this song was actaully about how he litrally had to Save Himself, because he was broke and soemone had to put a house up for mortgage (his mother...?) to finance his music. So he saved himself through music.
"when the vultures copyright the word free"
I love this line. He's just got this way of writing; so...I don't know. Beautiful and direct and important. Not all about hunys and cars and stuff.
And I thought it was 'seats' not 'seeds' - as in commerce seats.
COMMENT ON THIS SONG - it's great.
The line "they sabotaged the levee, killed gris gris" seems to be a reference to Katrina. They sabotaged the levee (their levees were destroyed) and killed gris gris (a voodoo custom in new orleans)