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A Great Big Pile of Should

by Pop Bubblegum Trash

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composed to accompany the article "Roway: The Crowned Jester," which was written by E. Christopher Clark for World Anvil's 2022 Bard Challenge.

lyrics

VERSE 1
there’s nothing like the fire in your belly
when you’re almost there
there’s nothing like the feel of the great wind
blowing through your hair

but in this time of the virus
of memes and of war
there’ll be no joy in mudville
until we settle the score

PRE-CHORUS 1
with you people who came here
so long ago
from so very far away
from the last place that you stole

CHORUS 1
mom and dad and the ancestors
i know they did the best that they could
they fought your wars
and they learned your words
still i’m a great big pile of should

i should be grateful that you left us some land
in this land that you landed upon
i should be peaceful like the wisest of men
i should, or like them i’ll be gone

VERSE 2
there’s nothing like the scream of a fiddle
played by a man
who’s lost everything in the world
as part of your plan

you sit in your happy castle
way up high on your throne
taking in the man’s pain and his artform
which you’ll soon call your own

PRE-CHORUS 2
but the goddess and i
see you for yourself
and in the deepest of dungeons
we’ve saved you a cell

CHORUS 2
mom and dad and the ancestors
i know they did the best that they could
they taught me well
said I did them proud
still i’m a great big pile of should

i should have done more with the gifts that they gave
and the wings and the one thousand songs
i should have done more with the time that they bought
with their lives when you dropped the bombs.

BRIDGE/SOLO/INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS 3
mom and dad and the ancestors
i know they did the best that they could
now it’s all up to me
to dig myself out from under
this great big pile of should

so listen to me, men of the colonies:
pack up your guns and your wives
do what you should have done four hundred years ago
and i’ll let you leave with your lives.

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released February 12, 2022
vocals, Demo app: E. Christopher Clark

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Pop Bubblegum Trash Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Pop Bubblegum Trash is an American popular music project, founded in 1999 by E. Christopher Clark in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Clark is the principal songwriter and performer of the group, only occasionally joined by others. To date, the band has released two albums: Ascent (2000) and A Dream Is But a Shadow (2011). ... more

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