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Try to keep that rich man on your mind
He was there when you were born and he will be there when you die.
In his time he may seem clever, on his terms he will be kind
So try to keep that rich man on your mind

He’ll champion education. From afar he’ll raise the bar.
He may keep a congregation, but you won’t see him in the choir.
Throw his Roman coin your way, but when it hits your palm
The edges will be clipped and he’ll be gone.

Senator Black
How easy you tack
How do you sail by and large at once?

Register blue
Whatever you do
The word no sooner given than gone

You can shave with month-old razors
You can drive on balding tires
In the end you will have nothing
And your nothing will be fired
You can sweat to make a nest and in your old age still aspire
With no net, and nothing left to bet, or burn.

So try to keep that rich man on your mind
He was there when you were born, and he will be there when you die
In his time he may go quiet, but his children won’t be kind
So try to keep that rich man on your mind.

Armchair firebrand
You tipped your hand
So raise your arms in the air
Like this is the last dance.

On the ground, or in the sky
Somewhere there’s a guy
You may think you are the bomb
But you are the weapon he will not buy
(I’ve got to hand it to you, But you’ve got to hand it to him.)

In debt from the first breath
Indebted in death
You may think yourself a little ray of sunshine
But you are the exposure he will not accept
So come on
I could have it all wrong
I could be a liar
I could be a rich man who just wants you to call
Believe me, I’ve never told a lie
Or maybe I did, and maybe you figured it out,
But so what
This is the last dance
So, put your hands in the air.

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from Gold, Sapphire & Plum, released April 10, 2013

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Ethan Andrews Belfast, Maine

Looks good in a coonskin cap, but then you can't just wear one of those all the time without having to answer a lot of questions.

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