Over The Rhine - Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down Lyrics

Over The Rhine Lyrics

"Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down"

Feel the ache of Ohio
Through the veins of Illinois
Mine the seams of West Virginia
Land of buried joy

Lean into the half-light
Fade into the night
Moonrise hovers on the highway shoulder
Scatters into the light

Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let the bastards get you down

Backroads shining in the moonrise
She's a dragon with a lazy eye
Canary in the coal, a fallen soldier
Drunk on the song of a little white lie

Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let the bastards get you down

Are they gonna steal my love?
Are they gonna steal my love?
Are you gonna free my love?
Are you gonna free my love?

Three birds sittin' on a chainlink fence
Got no cares in this world

Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let the bastards get you down

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Writer(s): Karen Bergquist

album: "Meet Me At The Edge Of The World" (2013)

Meet Me At The Edge Of The World

Called Home

Sacred Ground

I'd Want You

Gonna Let My Soul Catch My Body

All Of It Was Music

Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down

It Makes No Difference

Blue Jean Sky

Cuyahoga

(Instrumental)

Baby If This Is Nowhere

Wildflower Bouquet

The Birds Of Nowhere Farm

(Instrumental)

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