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Black Ink Honey

from Dark Songs Vol. 10 by Holiday Music Motel

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Black Ink Honey (Anna Jo, Feathered Mason, Cathy Grier) Feathered Mason - resonator guitar, vocals / Anna Jo - banjo, vocals / Cathy Grier - spoons, harmonica, vocals (%)

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Take a white dove, the bird of peace, symbol of love, hopeful dreams
And pour black oil down its beak, squeeze it hard now ‘til it screams, ‘til it screams
Don’t need eagles in the sky, we print them on our money
Pass her around, buy the town, with drippin’ black ink honey, black ink honey

We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with power
We don’t care, we don’t care, your broken back’s my dollar
We don’t care, we don’t care, get on back to your holler
We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with dollars

American Dream will let you soar, but weighed down by iron ore
Debt keeps you nailed to the floor, 1% says gimme more
Your union songs can’t be sung, ‘cause you got no fingers, you got no lungs
Suffer and pray ‘til your Jesus comes, I’ll be sittin’ pretty, sittin’ pretty

We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with power
We don’t care, we don’t care, your broken back’s my dollar
We don’t care, we don’t care, get on back to your holler
We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with dollars

It’s a lie, it’s bait, can spit out the hook but it’s too late
It’s fine, ‘cause it’s fate, my diesel smoke and mirrors
A prize you want, but you can’t get, not enough room for you to fit
It’s a carrot on a stick, open pit, a White House full of pigeon shit

We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with power
We don’t care, we don’t care, your broken back’s my dollar
We don’t care, we don’t care, get on back to your holler
We don’t care, we don’t care, fill my belly with dollars

Don’t need eagles in the sky, we print them on our money
Pass her around, buy the town, with drippin’ black ink honey

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from Dark Songs Vol. 10, released October 25, 2019

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A 1952 motel taken over by musicians in 2007 for the purpose of creating and hosting collaborative songwriting events, The Holiday Music Motel is the world's only motel with its own internet radio station that plays 100% self-generated content 24/7.

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