From the recording Tracks to Nowhere
A Canadian reaction to threats of annexation by a hostile United States Executive Branch. We have our “elbows up” and will fight this threat.
In a world filled with intolerance and misinformation, fuelled by Trumpism and other “populist” and authoritarian ideologies, there is hope but it can feel like we are stuck on a train headed towards a very bleak future. A train headed down a fixed set of tracks to nowhere.
It is our collective duty to resist this threat to decency.
Words and music © Jeff Patch
Performed by Free to Grow
Lead Vocals and Rhythm and Lead Electric Guitar: James Morrison
12 String Guitar, Bass, and Backing Vocal Grunts: Jeff Patch
Backing Vocals: Amanda L. Case
Lead Electric Guitar Fills and Backing Vocal Grunts: Rob McFee
Drums: James Rooney
Guest Artist
Violin and Viola: Natalia Delacroix
Engineered by James Morrison
Produced by Free to Grow
Lyrics
It’s a curious thing
What the spirit brings
And it can sting
When the bell rings
On the tracks to nowhere
Don’t want to go there
It wasn’t a treat
there was deceit
When you got to meet
And took your seat
Can it be wrong
To sing the song
Trying to get along
But you don’t belong
Accelerate
Interest rates
Tempting fate
51st State
Gather up arms
Protect the farms
Clasp your charms
Sound alarms
Kept in line
Seeing no crime
Staying alive
But you can’t drive
Beware the rich
you’re their bitch
Flip the switch
Try to unhitch
On the run
It’s no fun
But I got my gun
And a bottle of rum
Medicate
It’s on your plate
Too little too late
Mark the date
Spill the beans
At the canteen
Then hear the screams
As the car careens
Draw the sword
Cut the cord
Mind the stores
No reward
We’ll take no more
Of that fascist stuff
We’ve had enough
And got our elbows up