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Ain't Gonna Be a Pawn No More

from If Peel Street Could Talk by Joe Solo

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I'm back down at the barricades
I've got the old red banners and the flags unfurled
Strike out down the road to freedom
Get the word out around the world

I'm gonna shout it out from the highest mountain
I've just remembered what my voice is for
I ain't gonna take the fall for no-one
Ain't gonna be a pawn no more

I'm a simple man with a simple problem
I'm been taken for a low down fool
They got me with their mathematics
But then I never went to public school

Take 3 from 2 you make someone lose out
And don't you come knocking on my door
I ain't gonna take the fall for no-one
Ain't gonna be a pawn no more

Damn right "This Land is My Land"
I've seen it raped by the men of means
They still got money in their Saville Row suits
Ain't got a penny in my old blue jeans

When I get in debt I've got to pay my way out
They get in debt I've got to pay some more
I ain't gonna take the fall for no-one
Ain't gonna be a pawn no more

I'm gonna shout it out from the highest mountain
And just remember what your voice is for
I ain't gonna take the fall for no-one
Ain't gonna be a pawn no more

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by Joe Solo

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from If Peel Street Could Talk, track released January 1, 2011
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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry.
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