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THE GREASE FOR THE GRAVY

from TRUMPLED UNDERFOOT by The Oliver Stones

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Third cut from the EP "Trumpled Underfoot" By The Oliver Stones.

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THE GREASE FOR THE GRAVY
Lyrics & Music by Mitchell Hale

The meat for the sausage
The meat for the sausage
and the grease for the gravy
and the grease for the gravy

A hundred years ago, the Pioneers pushed west
Cousins of the people who built America
Now, the land is no longer rich
The round of the years finds them lost in old ways
And here in these mountains, some of them stay
Cut off from the changing world outside

But they talk about another kind of world
Babies being born without a chance
From father to son
From father to son
Some of them live a long way off
The round of the years finds them lost in old ways
New ideas are not easy to come by
when learning passes from mouth to mouth

The meat for the sausage
The meat for the sausage
and the grease for the gravy
and the grease for the gravy
These are good people
These are good people
These are good people
Proud people

Somehow, some way, the old folks managed to get along
But the people remain sons and daughters of Pioneers
To farm the fertile land
To live well by axe, gun and plow
This is not enough
This is not enough

Here in this room, the children
learn to read, to write, and to figure
the children learn to call the words
And what makes seventeen
Take a yoke gramma
Takes a yoked man to follow his policy of faith
This is not enough
This is not enough

The meat for the sausage
The meat for the sausage
and the grease for the gravy
and the grease for the gravy
These are good people
These are good people
These are good people
Proud people

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from TRUMPLED UNDERFOOT, released February 19, 2017
All Words, Music and Recordings written, performed and produced by Mitchell Hale
©℗ Copyright 2018
All rights reserved worldwide.

All artwork created and produced by Mitchell Hale.
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