Song Description
"Ten Days to Burn it Down (a requiem for the 45th)" is a reaction to what's going on in American politics today. The song asks the listener to consider that if they were given one day, or a few days, or even ten days...could they burn "it" down? Meaning...could they find the time to participate in burning down the wall of chaos, political rot, and fake news that now encases this country; and help make the change that is necessary to restore faith in the American political order.
| Song Length |
4:47 |
Genre |
Rock - Classic, Rock - Psychedelic |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Subject |
Protest |
| Similar Artists |
Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
If you can sleep good and tight at night,
But you know your politics just ain't right,
And that crazy news bubble leaves you clueless,
While your newly chosen leader turns into Judas.
Could you burn it down,
If they gave you one day to have it your way,
Would you burn it down,
I know I could.
Back in the sixties young people spoke for the masses,
But today people only speak to two classes,
Either in it for the left, or you're in it for the right,
But lord knows that ain't too bright.
So could you burn it down,
If they gave you three days to cut through the haze,
Would you burn it down,
I think you should.
Well there's a man wants to build a wall,
And pretenses are that it'll protect us all,
But if you're thinkin' like I'm thinkin',
You know better money would've been spent on the Titanic not sinking.
So could you burn it down,
If you had five days time, and you really didn't mind,
Would you burn it down
I wish you would.
And down to the letter, and my brother you'll get nothing,
'Cause now and forever, this old world, it keeps on moving.
Down to the letter, and your mother can hear you fallin',
It's now, no not ever, she can't be there when the troops come callin'.
Well it's a city of lost souls in the Blight House,
Which, in a bygone era we called it the White House,
Chaos flows down hard from the man sittin' at the top,
It'll take a thousand years to get past his political rot.
So could you burn it down,
If they gave you seven days and a lotta ways,
Would you burn it down,
I know I could.
We all see the man ain't so great,
Just like the night time news shows ain't so fake,
And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin',
We gotta get him out of office quick to start some healin'.
So could you burn it down,
If they gave you ten days, and fifty ways,
Could you do the damn thing, and burn it down,
I wish you would.