King Long Green by This Late Acquaintance. Taken from our debut release 'Cry Like a Man'. This Late Acquaintance is a project started by Peter Weldon (San Francisco, CA) and Gert Van de Voorde (Malderen, Belgium).
Out now on Bandcamp: thislateacquaintance.bandcamp.com/album/cry-like-a-man
Out now on streaming services (Spotify, TH-cam Music, Amazon Music, etc.).
Credits:
Written by: Gert Van de Voorde and Peter Weldon
Gert Van de Voorde - Vocals, Guitar (solo)
Peter Weldon - Guitars, Drum Programming
Bart Verdonck - Bass
Engineered/produced by: Peter Weldon
Mastered by: Damien Rasmussen - smokeandmirrorsaudio,
San Francisco.
Cover art: Charles Wyatt
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Lyrics:
Venomous tongues, feed outright lies
People are cunning, honey ... as sharp as knives
Unfounded stories, they dwell in evil minds
I’ve been there, done that, too many times
When the lines get thin, they get you all in ... and let your palace lay down in ruins
After the bullets are shot, they glorify God .... while new deceit is already brewing
King Long Green is a puppet ... greed, it’s puppeteer
King Long Green is a puppet ... greed, it’s puppeteer
“It’s not the man who has little, but the man who craves more that is poor.”
(Paraphrase - Seneca)
"To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people."
(Paraphrase - Charlie Chaplin's final speech in The Great Dictator)