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Fatcats, Rednecks & Preachers

by The Melobellies

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Fat-Cats, Rednecks, and Preachers
They’re running the GOP
They got their hands in my pockets and their gods in my bed
and they’re forcing their shit on me

Slinging their hate and vitriol
Because a god is on their side
Ain’t no difference between them and the Mullahs
But now there’s a rising tide

CHORUS
Can you tell me where we’re headed?
Can you tell me where we’ve been?
Is this the place that we’ve all dreaded?
They’re covering all the deadly sins.

Fat Cats, Rednecks, and Preachers
They lyin’ in wait with a brick
They robbin’ us regular folks with a smile
And layin’ the sermons on thick

Paving their private road to hell
Talkin’ bout their good intentions
When all the while, the Devil’s smile
Is one of their inventions

Fatcats, Rednecks, and Preachers
They havin’ their way with us all
Got people belivin’ and all the while thievin’
But the tower of Babel will fall

If there was a god in a heaven
It’d be laughin’ its ass off now
We’re turning the earth into the Sinai desert
gold-platin’ our sacred cows

Words & Music by Scott Swartzwelder
Copyright © 2012 All Rights Reserved

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released November 6, 2012
Scott Swartzwelder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Hiawatha - bass, background vocals
Joseph North - slide guitar, background vocals
Chris Kannenberg - congas

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The Melobellies Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A genre-bending tapestry of songs from the point-of-view of colorful characters transcending their every-day existence. On Plymouth Rock, The Melobellies paint pictures of love and loss, and great expectations against the ragged backdrop of the American Dream.

Sometimes a bit cheeky, often laced with sharp irony, the music of The Melobellies is easy to dance to, but made for listening. ... more

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