Life + 70

from Frank Turner Keep My Bones (Here Are Some Bones, You're Welcome) by Jeff Linden and the Black Spot Society

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Up in New York City there’s a building standing high / where the Richmond Organization operates from 9 to 5 / and they make all of their fortune off of songs they didn’t write / that should belong to you and, to you and I

Back when Woody Guthrie roamed these United States / he wrote songs for folks to share and sing and brighten up their days / and now all of those songs belong to people he would hate / they should belong to you and, to you and I

If you buy a record / you’ll see a notice / from some company / that says they own this / but they didn’t write it / they didn’t do nothing / that song was made for you and me

There was a man named Howie Richmond born in 1918 / who got the rights to all that music ‘cause he knew the industry / 100 years have passed, his company’s raking in the green / off you and I, you and I, you and I

And I’d like to say the music business has slowly changed with time / but I met with an A&R rep that saw me play one night / he said “we’ll split it 60/40 and we’ll keep all the rights” / I drove away, and kept on singing for you and I

If you buy a record / you’ll see a notice / from some company / that says they own this / but they didn’t write it / they didn’t do nothing / that song was made for you and me

This song is your song / this song is my song / but when I die, it won’t belong to no one / so don’t let some label / say you gotta pay em / this song was made for you and me

To the folks at Ludlow Music, to you I kindly write / surrender all the folk songs that you’ve been sucking dry / Lest there be a second Ludlow Massacre tonight / it will be led by you and I, you and I

Lest there be a second Ludlow Massacre tonight / it will be led by you and I, you and I

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from Frank Turner Keep My Bones (Here Are Some Bones, You're Welcome), released June 9, 2018

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