John Oaks

[Verse 1]

John Oaks is in the neighborhood

Protectin' all the trees

He's the master of irrigation

And he knows what he sees

[Verse 2]

Great farmers watering everywhere

Pipes runnin' where they please

John sees his laws are broken

Trees drowning where they breathe

[Verse 3]

Now John used to be a mellow man

Drinkin' Chai and smokin' weed

Ain't no one in the county

Ever see'd what he see'd

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[Verse 4]

Old John rides in his pickup

With rakes and friends in the back

Workers he takes with him

Then he drives them all back

[Verse 5]

To protect 'em from the politicians

Using them to get ahead

Preyin' on the people

Tryin' to get inside their heads

[Verse 6]

John Oaks is really stand up

He won't take shit lyin' down

He calls it like he sees it

And he puts his money down

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[Verse 7]

One day at the demonstration

John Oaks was standin' up

He arrived there at the location

In his old pickup truck

[Verse 8]

Took a rake in his hand

And his workers by his side

Stood there waitin' for his turn

To speak and turn the tide

[Verse 9]

When he found himself surrounded

By police everywhere

They tried to take his workers to jail

When he grabbed one by his hair

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[Verse 10]

Shots rang out and people yelled

As the police took control

Shot a black man right where he fell

With a sniper on the knoll

[Verse 11]

John Oaks saw law and order

Was leadin' him astray

Tried to get back in his pickup

With his workers to get away

[Verse 12]

That's when the police moved in

And stood there in his way

John started up his pickup

And that was his last day

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[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 13]

They said he had a pistol

When the old pickup backfired

And they shot him there behind the wheel

And then John Oaks expired

[Verse 14]

The workers grabbed the rakes

And that's all that I can say

They went to the cemetery

And they stay there to this day

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[Harmonica Solo]

[Outro]

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