Story Behind The Song

I wrote this one around the same time that I wrote "Seventeen", in reaction to the same insanity I had read in the papers about IRA members refusing to follow the Good Friday accords and give up their guns, on the same day that a PLO leader said "we will

Song Description

This song parodies the old 20s blueswomen's bawdy songs, with an ironic parody of double-entendre lyrics with a piece of very bad advice attached: never give an inch.

Lyrics

GIVE AN INCH

Dog's got a bone
And he won't let go
People got ideas
And they love them so much
Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch
Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch

Never give an inch
Never give an inch

Never give an inch
Never give an inch

Only make peace with friends
Never give an inch
Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch

Children of the children of
The children of slaves
Marchin in a lockstep
Cradle to grave

Now until the edge of never
Never give an inch
Now until the edge of never
Never give an inch

Man's got a grudge
That he can't forget
Stoops under the weight
Of his easy judgment

Never takes it off his shoulder
Never give an inch

Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch

Never give an inch
Never give an inch

Never give an inch
Never give an inch

Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch

Compromise is surrender
Never give an inch

©Steve Pasek, 2004