Die Like Trotsky (Iceaxe to the Skull)

from Monkey Paw Situation by Walter Ehresman

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Die Like Trotsky (Iceaxe to the Skull)
(© 2004 Walter Ehresman)

To those who would foul the water; To those who would foul the air;
To those who build prisons for “the unborn” who never should have been there.
To those of you who smile while lying; To those of you who must deny;
To those of you who bring slow death to children from your gentry box in the sky.

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Die like Trotsky! Die like Trotsky!

To those who spew all their poisons with a sneer but never a blink;
To rich old men and their hateful spawn who have taken us all to the brink.
And you who look to the heavens–condemning those down below;
And you in your palace with your big golden hat, stuffing guilt into the sausage of soul.

And you with your need for believing, but no backbone to do it alone;
And your bovine mind chews its cowardice cud, so the rest have a choice between one.

To those of you I won’t remember; To those of you I can’t forget;
To those that we should have axed long ago, and to the users who aren’t born yet!

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from Monkey Paw Situation, released May 1, 2009
Walter Ehresman: lead GuitarTalker vocals, background vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, electric solidbody bouzouki, groove box programming.

Special guests--Kurtis Machler: keyboard, background vocals; Rigo Perez--rhythm guitar, background vocals.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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