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Why We Build the Wall (cover of Ana​ï​s Mitchell)

from Patreon Content! Patreontent. by Marian Call

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"Why We Build the Wall" from Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, which you should absolutely go listen to in its entirety NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZoQSThtD6s

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Why do we build the wall
My children, my children
Why do we build the wall?

...Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free
That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free

How does the wall keep us free
My children, my children
How does the wall keep us free?

...How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free

Who do we call the enemy
My children, my children
Who do we call the enemy?

...Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty
The wall keeps out the enemy, and we build the wall to keep us free
That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free

Because we have and they have not
My children, my children
Because they want what we have got?

...Because we have & they have not, because they want what we have got
The enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy,
and we build the wall to keep us free
That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free

What do we have that they should want
My children, my children
What do we have that they should want?

...What do we have that they should want? We have a wall to work upon We have work and they have none,
and our work is never done, my children, my children,
and the war is never won
The enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy,
and we build the wall to keep us free
That’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free

We build the wall to keep us free

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from Patreon Content! Patreontent., released July 7, 2017
Performed by Marian Call with Laura Zahasky on guitar and Kelly Henriksen on percussion, Lucy Peckham, recording engineer Recorded at Alaska Folk Festival 2018

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Marian Call has things to say. She sounds a little like Ingrid Michaelson meets They Might Be Giants & Regina Spektor for bourbon & laughs, which sounds improbable, but give it a try. She hails from Alaska and tours North America and Europe, and she lives on Twitter. Her songs are quirky, sharp, surprising confections in every genre full of rich dark carmelized sugar, savor, & spice. ... more

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