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Overwhelmed And Underpaid

from Road Hymns by Dan Blakeslee

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"OVERWHELMED AND UNDERPAID" written by Dan Blakeslee on 2/3/18 ©2023 Dan Blakeslee

Today it seems all the flags are flyin' at half mast.
How come everythings broke... it should be made to last?
I'd get down and pray, but nobody listens these days.
We're all overwhelmed and underpaid.

With some walkin' so tall how can we see eye to eye?
Instead of building these walls we should be side by side.
I'd get down and pray, but nobody listens these days.
We're all overwhelmed and underpaid.

Every morning a roll of the dice or just stay in bed.
These days it's cloudy with the vultures circlin' overhead.
I'd get down and pray, but nobody listens these days.
We're all overwhelmed and underpaid.

When it's all dried up and gone will you still be actin' cool.
When the tears you cry could never fill your swimming pool.
I'd get down and pray, but nobody listens these days.
We're all overwhelmed and overworked.
All overwhelmed and underpaid.

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from Road Hymns, released August 25, 2023

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Dan Blakeslee Kennebunkport, Maine

With a suitcase of songs, Maine folk troubadour Dan Blakeslee ventured into the subways of Boston in 1995 to practice his craft. His songs of true life adventures combine the essence of early folk music with a dose of country grit. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier. His band release "Christmasland Jubilee" on 12.1.20 ... more

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