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lyrics

Too Many Dues (E. Beaumont/J. Norwood Fisher)

What does a brother have to do
to reap respect already due,
to stop the spiteful spew,
to not be turning blue?

How many cheeks must a mother turn
before the right to live she can earn
from lemmings loath to learn
How many bodies must burn?

Jacob Blake is looking at the lake,
feeling the hundred-year ache, hoping the treatments take,
chained and inanimate, reputation at stake
When he fell it made the earth quake – grateful to be awake

What does a brother have to do
to reap respect already due,
to stop the spiteful spew,
to not be turning blue?

How many cheeks must a mother turn
before the right to live she can earn
from lemmings loath to learn
How many bodies must burn?

Breonna Taylor was a healer, but the jailer
just had to invade her, viciously assail her
Every, every day here to the cross we nail her
The great experiment is a failure

What does a brother have to do
to reap respect already due,
to stop the spiteful spew,
to not be turning blue?

How many cheeks must a mother turn
before the right to live she can earn
from lemmings loath to learn
How many bodies must burn?

How innocent do we have to be
for one stoneslinger to see
hydrogen humanity
in the American cemetery?

What does a brother have to do
to reap respect already due,
to stop the spiteful spew,
to not be turned into glue?

How many cheeks must a mother turn
before the right to live she can earn
from lemmings loath to learn
How many bodies must burn?

credits

from Too Many Dues, track released May 25, 2022
Vocals: Norwood Fisher
Vocals: Angelo Moore
Vocals: Chris Dowd
Vocals, guitars, handclaps: E.B.
Bass: John Paul Simons
Trumpet: Eric Jacobson
Trombone: Kyle Samuelson
Tenor & baritone saxophones: Juli Wood

Recorded at our homes in Milwaukee, Chicago & Los Angeles
Mixed by E.B.
Mastered by Shane Olivo at Shane Olivo Audio, Milwaukee

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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