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I spend the days of the week Toiling for the man Working with aluminum and steel Making a living the best that I can By the time the weekend rolls around I've had enough of the concrete and steel And it's time to get outside Where at peace I feel Then I can't help but wonder How things must have been For the pioneers of this nation Those heroic women and men With just a few sundries As well as rifle, axe, and knife They lived off the land A challenging but satisfying life Trapping by the river Hunting in the woods Gathering with other woodsmen To buy and trade goods No cell phone towers No electrical lines everywhere Crystal clear waters And clean fresh air Then from my reveries I am jarred back awake By the sound of man's traffic And the unnatural noise it does make Now we are more civilized Living in city and town Too civilized to hunt and trap But adept at gunning one another down Too civilized to live free So we let gov't grow Too civilized for independence So we let liberty go Give me a time machine And I will go back to the past For I care not for this civilized world And the very dark shadow it does cast
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Oct 16, 2014
Oct 16, 2014 at 1:18 PM UTC
Civilizized
I spend the days of the week Toiling for the man Working with aluminum and steel Making a living the best that I can By the time the weekend rolls around I've had enough of the concrete and steel And it's time to get outside Where at peace I feel Then I can't help but wonder How things must have been For the pioneers of this nation Those heroic women and men With just a few sundries As well as rifle, axe, and knife They lived off the land A challenging but satisfying life Trapping by the river Hunting in the woods Gathering with other woodsmen To buy and trade goods No cell phone towers No electrical lines everywhere Crystal clear waters And clean fresh air Then from my reveries I am jarred back awake By the sound of man's traffic And the unnatural noise it does make Now we are more civilized Living in city and town Too civilized to hunt and trap But adept at gunning one another down Too civilized to live free So we let gov't grow Too civilized for independence So we let liberty go Give me a time machine And I will go back to the past For I care not for this civilized world And the very dark shadow it does cast
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Oct 16, 2014
Oct 16, 2014 at 1:18 PM UTC
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