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North Dakota - EP

by Cade Siemers

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North Dakota 03:56
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North Dakota by Cade Siemers Combine broke on the county line Crack a Pabst Blue Ribbon gotta bide the time My Uncle says that the cutters stuck And the weather’s screaming ‘Don’t press your luck’ My Tools are in Trent’s pickup truck Todd’s over ta’ Kenmare and plowin’ it up Gotta hear the hum of that threshing drum We gotta’ catch this wheat before The Snowman comes He said, North Dakota Runs lean and mean Pert’near the whole state bleeds John Deere green Family strong, ‘Ya Bet Cha’ tough Damn winters here will call your bluff Got buckshot women who love the pleasure Of men who love passin’ wheat ‘cross the header. This ground once broken by hand Bind’s our tribe to southern land She’s North Dakota And just like your daddy told ya She like’s it North of Texas Just South of the border A combine stuck out in the field Takes more than beer to make the cutter yield My Uncle says what my Pop-Pop’d say When farming wouldn’t go his way He’d say ‘Breakdowns come and breakdowns go just like the North Dakotan snow Ah, The Snowman he must die come spring Hear the Bells-of-Bow Go Ding-Ding-Ding!’ He said, North Dakota Runs lean and mean Pert’near the whole state bleeds John Deere green Family strong, ‘Ya Bet Cha’ tough Damn winters here will call your bluff Got ‘Flicker-Tail’ women who love the pleasure Of men who love passin’ wheat ‘cross the header. This ground once broken by hand Bind’s our tribe to southern land She’s North Dakota And just like your daddy told ya She like’s it North of Texas Just South of the border She’s North Dakota Seems The Blues forgot to scold her She like’s it North of Texas Just South of the border (Guitar Solo) This ground once broken by hand Bind’s our tribe to southern land She’s North Dakota And just like your daddy told ya She like’s it North of Texas Just South of the border She’s North Dakota Got no need for walls to hold her She like’s it North of Texas Just South of the border North of Texas Just South of the border Livin’ North of Texas Just South of the border
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Ordinary Man 03:26
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Ordinary Man By Cade Siemers Standing on the shoulder of this lost forgotten road I have cast off all aspersions, set down my heavy load I have traveled many miles in life, struck out against it’s flow Now the being winds of change blow through a perforated soul I stand, Just as I am Bloodied up and beaten down Just an ordinary man Let these broken bones be living proof I took life on the chin And let every aged scar review a man who loves to sin Oh I have cried salty tears When sweet sweet love wounded my better years Still I stand, an ordinary man. Accustomed as I am to insurrection from all sides There are bridges I have burned to stem the rising tide. My rarest act’s been virtue not the vengeance I have sown And now it seems those rarer acts have been way overblown Where the mountain rises high, the valley plummets deep. I long for that sweet middle ground I’ve only found in sleep. I stand, Just as I am Bloodied up and beaten down Just an ordinary man Let these broken bones be living proof I took life on the chin And let every aged scar review a man who loves to sin Oh I have cried salty tears When sweet sweet love has laid waste to my foolish fears Still I stand, an ordinary man Here I stand, an ordinary man
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Victory 05:34
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Victory By Cade Siemers Have you bore witness to your television Seen the drones still dropping bombs Heard the politicians vision As those fights keep droning on In a good many ways these days seem so strange That it cuts against the grain Every aim to insist Every strike of the fist Seems a’ fightin’ ‘gainst the rain Feels so many times there’s so much on the line It’s imperative to win Victory’s just the clearing of the battlefield So another can begin Will we see an end to violence And stop pickin’ at our wounds Or remain mired in ignorance And keep on barking at the moon In a good many ways each turn of the page Is only advocating for a righteous rage Fight for the poor Fight for the right Fight the thing that scares ya so you’ll sleep well tonight Full up with fear tis hard to see clear So you’ll do all it takes to win Victory’s just the clearing of a battlefield So another can begin (Instrumental) And our congressmen fight for others The bankers for increase While our armies fight their brothers In a bid to foster peace Go on, fight the brave fight yeah, sacrifice your sons Battle all the sons-a-bitches tryin’ to Take ‘way your guns Keep diggin’ that hole down the potters ground For the dead can’t suffer Yeah, the dead make no sound Covered in mud and the warmth of their blood You showed what it takes to win Victory’s just the clearing of a battlefield So another can begin (Interlude) How ya doin’ with your relationships Are there keepers keepin’ score Is your love a sign of innocence Or the pretext for a war Must our talk of peace That bears such grace Translate into a harsh and boisterous act of disgrace We’re cutting our throats in the depths of space Will our Lunar-Lander ever reach ‘Tranquillity Base’ Though compassion calls We’re in up to our balls Too deafened by the din Victory’s just the clearing of a battlefield So another can begin Of course victory feels fine but we only got so much time To celebrate our bloody win Before our sh*t gets cleared off the battlefield So another can begin Praise God we cleared the battlefield Watch it all begin again
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This Republic Can 04:22
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This Republic Can By Cade Siemers Have you heard tell the amazing story Of the people who suffered for this countries glory? Where do you fit in this tale getting told? Will you author a justice for young and for old? Can you reconcile the violence of fear With all you hold sacred with all you hold dear? And abide, as a brother, with your fellow man Despite the position on which he might stand? Oh mercy, mercy me, sweet land of liberty This republic can This republic can Lend its most democratic hand This republic can. Can our Chieftains and leaders cease pullin’ the wool? Must they stoop at the alter of bear and of bull? Can they heed to the nameless deprived of their choice, Who lack the hard dollars to strengthen their voice? Can we stop indulging in corporate greed For what it must conquer, for whom it must bleed; And sip with more grace, our daily grind, ‘Stead a cutting our throats for the ol’ bottom line? Oh mercy, mercy me, sweet land of liberty This republic can This republic can Play its most democratic hand  This republic can. Whatever thoughts that we think Whatever schemes we might try Whatever truths we might tell Whatever lies we might lie Can we extend the same tolerance as the sky above? (Instrumental) At times we’ve been careless, at times we’ve been blind For freedom’s the birthright of all human kind. Can we forgive this body and forgive this mind, That’s bound to its circumstance, born to its time, And lift up our eyes to adore the sun That shines its light for everyone? Oh mercy, mercy me, sweet land of liberty This republic can This republic can Make its most forbearing stand This republic can. This republic can This republic can Be a land for all to stand This republic can.

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released August 7, 2020

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Cade Siemers Tiruvannamalai, India

A singer/songwriter from Texas, and founder of 1st Amendment Records, Cade works along side NY guitar legend Salvadore Poe - a long time colleague, and founder of the infamous rock bands 'Bang' and 'Spread Eagle'. Composing out of their makeshift studio in India, Cade and Salvadore have also had the pleasure of producing tracks for the satirical, British rock n' roll band - 'The Felicity Kendals' ... more

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