Don't Let The Bastards (Get You Down)

(Kris Kristofferson)



They're killing babies in the name of freedom

We've been down that sorry road before

They let us hang around a little longer than they should have

And it's too late to fool us anymore.



We've seen the ones who killed the ones with vision

Cold-blooded murder right before your eyes

Today they hold the power and the money and the guns

It's gettin' hard to listen to their lies.



I've just got to wonder what my daddy would've done

If he'd seen the way they turned his dream around

I've got to go by what he told me

Try to tell the truth and stand your ground

Don't let the bastards get you down.



Minin' roads, killin' farmers, burnin' down schools full of children

Fightin' communism.



I've just got to wonder what my daddy would've done

If he'd seen the way they turned his dream around

I've got to go by what he told me

Try to tell the truth and stand your ground

Don't let the bastards get you down.



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Don't let the bastards get you down (don't let the bastards get you down)

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