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We Only Turn Right Around Here

from A World Like This by George Mann

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We Only Turn Right Around Here


Take the first right down a dusty dirt road, back to my old Georgia home
A sleepy old southern town that time left alone
But lately ’round here things just ain’t the same, ever since that election they stole
Now it ain’t only that mountain got faces of stone

So the Sheriff decreed and the Mayor agreed
They would ban left-hand turns from that day
Down around here we do what we’re told
And most of us like it that way
So don’t come here with your liberal fake news
Or if you look just a little bit weird
We don’t mind taking the long way home
We only turn right around here

Well they held an election and when it was done, none of our people had won
So the men in power decided that things had to change
Down here in Georgia we’re doing our part to make sure all the right people vote
But somehow we keep losing, now who can we blame?

We’re white and we’re right and we’re going nowhere
We’re keeping the home fires lit
We don’t want no government boot on our necks
Until the next hurricane hits
So don’t come here with your liberal fake news
Or if you look just a little bit queer
We don’t mind taking the long way home
We only turn right around here

Yeah, the Sheriff decreed and the Mayor agreed
No more left-hand turns from that day
Down around here we do what we’re told
And most of us like it that way
So don’t come around here with your liberal fake news
Or if you look just a little bit weird
We’re used to taking the long way home
We only make right turns ’round here
We don’t mind taking the long way home
We only turn right around here

© 2021 George Mann
Ithaca, NY (4/11/21)

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from A World Like This, released October 19, 2021

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George Mann Ithaca, New York

A former union organizer, George Mann hails from Ithaca, and has made labor and protest music for more than 20 years. He has worked with and produced albums featuring such folk music legends as Utah Phillips and Pete Seeger. George brings his experience as a union organizer and educator to his concerts-- stories and songs about real events and the struggle for a better life. www.georgemann.org ... more

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