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The Plight of James Madison

from 1054530 by Ben Ashman

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lyrics

I'm only one man
who wrote this whole thing up.
I was born in Virginia
thats where I grew up.

They called me:
James Madison,
most important of the men
who stood us up.

We meant to protect those,
rights and liberties.
That each man, should have life
and try to be happy.

But saying
What you believe
is much different
than making it true in fact.

My brother was taken by
the pirates of the coast.

We cant afford to pay the men
who bought for us the most.

We the people won the war
yet the Brits dont leave their posts.

These thirteen states are not well-bound
sooner cut our brothers throats.

Without the means to pay off debts
to hold our own, to put off threats,

theres no way to make freedom real,
if man cant have, hell consort to steal.

You tell me, This is wrong,
yet you were there and you went along.
This is still possible,
my hope is not gone.

I want my freedom
as much as anyone
but for us to be free
we must learn to give some

to the
common good, thats what
weve forgotten
theres more to this than ourselves.

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from 1054530, released March 24, 2006

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