Song for NOLA

Life's a Big Easy if you're rich an' white.
Make money all day, play easy all night.
But if you wanna see
a slammin' door,
Try bein' dark!
Try bein' poor!
Try bein' a junkie,
try bein' a ho.



Way down yonder where the alligators wander,
Where vodoo queens cast a spell (down low),
You can get what-ev-er your mind can ponder,
So pleasingly easy -- 'long as you ain' po'.



Whatever you say, some-body can purvey it,
There's always a way, to easily play,
From dusk to dawn, or when you say quit,
An' maybe nex' day -- so long as you can pay.



On a sunny day, the rich will make a nice face.
Like, "we all belong here" -- that's how they talk.
When death nears here, they're racin' outta this place.
When money means escape -- let those po' folk walk.


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Words by Tortuga Bi Liberty,
18 September 2005.
Reprint freely.

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