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Stand Up For the Left Out

from Kansas Dan by Kansas Dan

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Back home, it's no surprise
I'm still tryin' to socialize
I've been crooked since I was small.
I had a wicked-wack laugh that scared them all.

I had an oxygen mask for my panic attacks.
I was like Woody Woodpecker on crack.
No one stuck up for the left out,
I was always in a brawl.
I turned the other cheek 'cause I got popped in the jaw.

Now I'm a hard-boiled poet, got tattoos, been to jail.
Lived on Cherokee Street in a roach motel.
I got liberated, got left for dead.
My big brother thought I lost my head.

Instead of making money, I made a lot of bread.
I met everybody who thought they had it bad.
I stuck up for the left out, I was ready for a brawl.
I turned the other cheek 'cause I got popped in the jaw.

Well my momma learned me that boys are bad.
I'm sorry to all the ladies who got a taste of that.
I loved a lot of women, broke a lot of hearts.
Had as much ambition as I did false starts.

No one came along and set me right
Like singing on Sunday with my wife.
Ahhhhhhh.

People are the temple where I pray
And my faith gets tested day by day.
Stand up for the left out.
Be ready for a brawl
Turn the other cheek if there's any chance at all.
Turn the other cheek my friends if there's any chance at all.

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from Kansas Dan, track released December 9, 2016
Produced by Six O'Matic.

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Kansas Dan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I write songs because I have to laugh or embrace a fear. I wish I was a gospel and soul singer. My writing reflects that. When I open my mouth to sing, however, I come out country and folky. Like Cash, I try to give voice to the voiceless in some songs. Like John Prine I like to express my patriotism with a bit of sarcasm. ... more

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