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Hank by James

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James

Hank

Release date: 2nd August 2018

From Living in Extraordinary Times
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"Hank" is a track by James, from the album Living in Extraordinary Times, released 2nd August 2018. The track is 3:33 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

James

James

Lyrics

Hank

This crack head's tiny fingers
Accusing you of what he'll do
White fascists in the White House
More beetroot in your russian stew

Blinds roll down in the ghetto
Power's out all over town
Jim crow rules in the crack down
Bend your knee stand your ground

Our weapon is a stand up
A jester prancing like a fool
In jest digest the monster
This president's a dangerous tool

Blinds roll down in the ghetto
Power's out all over town
Jim crow rules in the crack down
Bend your knee stand your ground

Democracy sells easy
NRA high fives
Orlando Sandy hook Columbine
CCTV's grainy
His rapture's our decline
Hookers hotels showers dollar signs

Suppress the vote electoral lies
Black lives matter shoot on sight
We exist in multiple denials
He just says what they would hide
Rulers rule by divide
Why put your faith in facts when you can lie?
Now every possibility exists in everybody's mind

I'm in the story business
This tower falls without a sound
Only our carbon footprint
Suggests an empire here unwound

Blinds roll down in the ghetto
Power's out all over town
Jim crow rules in the crack down
Bend your knee stand your ground

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Track details

From Living in Extraordinary Times

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Living in Extraordinary Times
James
3rd August 2018
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  1. 1Hank
    3:33
  2. 2Coming Home, Pt. 2
    3:42
  3. 3Leviathan
    4:31
  4. 4Heads
    4:40

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  • 8Picture of This Place
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  • 11Mask
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  • 13Backwards Glances
    4:10
  • 14Moving Car (Demo)
    5:37
  • 15Overdose (Demo)
    4:23
  • 16Trouble (Demo)
    4:29
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    4:43
  • —Picture of This Place
    6:03
  • —Leviathan
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  • —Heads
    4:40
  • —Many Faces
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  • —Coming Home, Pt. 2
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    Writer
    Jim Glennie, Mark Hunter, Saul Davies, Tim Booth
    Composer
    Jim Glennie, Mark Hunter, Saul Davies, Tim Booth
    Producer
    Beni Giles, Charlie Andrew
    Engineer
    Beni Giles, Charlie Andrew, Dan Moyler, Dick Beetham, Jay Pocknell, Katie Earl, Tom Archer
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Jay Pocknell, Katie Earl
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Henri Davies, Tom Archer
    Mastering Engineer
    Dick Beetham
    Mixing Engineer
    Beni Giles, Charlie Andrew
    Recording Engineer
    Billy Halliday, Dan Moyler