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Redmen And Their Wives Lyrics
fall out of bed
their issuing lives for redmen and their wives
offering hands and twiddling thumbs for dreams that never come
often said, you better not look away, youll lose the day
the way i see it its already lost
so then be it they said
their sharpening knives
and primitive lies for redmen and their wives
bred-winner and klutz
and losing it all before the one i shut
will i see it?
its paying the price
nobody feels it
he's dead
well i like to go
and kiss them away
well id like to know
another way
did you notice that their taking back lives from just to
give them time to find the light
and all the things they find with fright
a killers waking up this time
to rob us clean and leave us blind
we'll never see it shine
we'll never find the time
we'll never see it shine
we'll never find the time
their issuing lives for redmen and their wives
offering hands and twiddling thumbs for dreams that never come
often said, you better not look away, youll lose the day
the way i see it its already lost
so then be it they said
their sharpening knives
and primitive lies for redmen and their wives
bred-winner and klutz
and losing it all before the one i shut
will i see it?
its paying the price
nobody feels it
he's dead
well i like to go
and kiss them away
well id like to know
another way
did you notice that their taking back lives from just to
give them time to find the light
and all the things they find with fright
a killers waking up this time
to rob us clean and leave us blind
we'll never see it shine
we'll never find the time
we'll never see it shine
we'll never find the time
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How could no-one have commented on this? Not only is it the best song on UTBUTS, it's one of GBVs least cryptic songs- it's about native americans (i.e. "redmen and their wives") having their land taken from them.
From "The ABCs of Guided By Voices"
R is for “Redmen and Their Wives” off Under the Bushes Under the Stars (UTBUTS) (1996). Pollard says this is a Dayton song, and a sad one. He wrote it thinking about the blue collar lifestyle prevalent in his hometown: marry at twenty, have kids, work all the time, drink beer, watch TV, repeat.
This is about a conquistador who settled down with a woman--the first Mexican girl who offered him ass and how he feels now about living and trying to raise a healthy family in light of the brown beanies, MS13, new wave feminism, & joblessness/welfare programs