DON'T TELL MOM

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DON’T TELL MOM
Words, Music, Guitar Arrangement © 2010 H. Dean Berry

Thought I was actually so free
Thought I could tell the truth with impunity
The judge and DA want me gone
Say I’m a troublemaking bum
Stormtroopers kicking down my door
Just like they had a right
Big chickenshits abusing people
Under cover of night
Been going on for thirty years
It’s time to stand and fight
Keep saying freedom isn’t free
Don’t tell Mom
She don’t have to know
Don’t tell Mom
Cause it would hurt her so

Oh why you openin’ up my cell?
Four laughing deputies sent straight from hell
“You should have kept your big mouth shut.”
“Cuz now you just ran out of luck.”
Left hanging from the ceiling I don’t even wear a belt
Legs kicking and I’m twirling around and I can see myself
God comes and takes me by the hand assures me all is well
Good always wins out in the end
Don’t tell Mom
She don’t have to know
Don’t tell Mom
Cause it would hurt her so
Don’t tell Mom
She don’t have to know
Don’t tell Mom
Cause it would hurt her so

By the rockets’ red red glare
We’ve come full circle don’t you fuckin’ dare
Should leave a sleeping dog alone
Lay down our lives protect our homes
Ten million of our bravest men
Another civil war
You commies are you happy now
This what you’re looking for?
Won’t stop till we’ve repelled you all
To far beyond our shores
And you will never rise again
Go tell Mom
She’ll want to know
Go tell Mom
Tell my mama that we won the war
Go tell Mom
She don’t have to know
Go tell Mom
Tell my mama that we won the war