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I Never Asked for Nothin'

from The Last Tree by Jack Warshaw

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Written 2010. My response to the plight of many Vietnam vets, the 2007 sub-prime banking collapse, foreclosures, joblessness and the US recession. The legacies, including the Trump presidency, are still there.

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He came from the heartland of my country
Born in the year of fifty three
Raised with all the care a kid could wish for
His hometown was a lucky place to be

School days now being left behind him
Got drafted in year of seventy two
And when the war in Vietnam was over
He wondered how he ever made it through

Lookin’ for a job then wasn’t easy
He travelled like the journeymen of old
Worked his way across the wide horizon
Sometimes it felt like being bought and sold

He built cars up in Flint and down in Dearborn
Drilled for oil out on the Texas plain
Last week they laid him off the Gulf Coast shipyard
Now it looks like he’ll never work again

They’re sayin’ these dark days will soon be over
But talk is cheap and words are wearing thin
Those fifty seven years say so completely
It’s gonna be a bit too late for him

Grandpa knew about the Great Depression
And what it felt like being down and out
Drifting down the mean streets of your cities
Never knowing what the next day’s all about

I never asked for nothing I ain’t worked for
Still proud to call this Land of the Free
But that can only buy a welfare check now
To take care of my own family

Them Wall Street big shot bastards still don’t notice
They’re living on the bitter price we paid
A million marchers chants are getting louder
Another broken promise that they made

And still they live the dream we worked to give them
Their laws still cut us down, right to the bone
Yesterday I couldn’t pay the mortgage
Tomorrow they’ll come and take our home

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from The Last Tree, released February 14, 2020
Jack, 12 String guitar; Dominic, bass

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Veteran of the 1960s folk revival, he passionately believes, writes and sings with authenticity and respect for traditional American styles and song carriers. He has met, learned from or worked with such legends as Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger, Tom Paley, Ewan MacColl, Bob Dylan, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, Dave Van Ronk, Stuart Burns and many others. Watch Youtube. Bio on Wikipedia ... more

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