Privilege + Gold
from The Pale Green Girl by Penelope Houston
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lyrics
privilege and gold
lyrics by Penelope Houston / music by P. Houston and P. Johnson
I sleep by the river
I rise with the sun
I follow the harvest
'Til season is done
The bread on your table
the sweat from my brow
will darken the furrows
in fields that I plow
I've lived with your promise
of fortune foretold
Like sand through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
I've buried your children
in privilege and gold
I tattoo a flower
with ink and a pin
Its there to remind me
the damage within
I'll put on my finest dress
in my finest hour
and search for the sweetness
and search for the power
I've followed with your promise
of fortune foretold
It slips through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
I've buried your children
in privilege and gold
We live in your heartland
on your fruited plain
Sleep by the highways
We work through the rain
The smell of your richness
the gleam of your cars
and I could have swallowed
the poison you are
We've lived with your promise
of fortune foretold
Like sand through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
We've buried your children
in privilege and gold
lyrics by Penelope Houston / music by P. Houston and P. Johnson
I sleep by the river
I rise with the sun
I follow the harvest
'Til season is done
The bread on your table
the sweat from my brow
will darken the furrows
in fields that I plow
I've lived with your promise
of fortune foretold
Like sand through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
I've buried your children
in privilege and gold
I tattoo a flower
with ink and a pin
Its there to remind me
the damage within
I'll put on my finest dress
in my finest hour
and search for the sweetness
and search for the power
I've followed with your promise
of fortune foretold
It slips through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
I've buried your children
in privilege and gold
We live in your heartland
on your fruited plain
Sleep by the highways
We work through the rain
The smell of your richness
the gleam of your cars
and I could have swallowed
the poison you are
We've lived with your promise
of fortune foretold
Like sand through my fingers
there's nothing to hold
We've buried your children
in privilege and gold
credits
from The Pale Green Girl,
released April 21, 2004
license
all rights reserved
tags
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Apr 29Hamburg, Germany
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May 8Vienna, Austria
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May 9Munich, Germany
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May 24Oxford, UK
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Jun 6San Francisco, CA
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Jun 13Seattle, WA
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Jun 15Portland, OR
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Jun 16Portland, OR
discography
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May 2012 -
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Apr 1999 -
Apr 2004 -
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Oct 1994 -
Jan 1993 -
Oct 1988 -
Jun 1993 -
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Oct 1994 -
Feb 2000
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