Song Description
Kick ass rocker, danceable, anti-government, anti big business, anti war, determined to change things.
| Song Length |
3:13 |
Genre |
Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged, Stressed |
Subject |
Anger, Determination |
| Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
BEAT THE BUSHES
© 2004 By Bill Burnett
When I turned 21 my daddy said to me
You're a man now son you got responsibility
To put food on the table for your family
You can't let them birds just sit there in the tree
You gotta beat the bushes
Make the birds fly
Beat the bushes
Make 'em take to the sky
Don't give me your lazy bones shuck and jive
You gotta beat the bushes if you want to survive
Gotta beat the bushes
Gotta beat the bushes
Now I live in the center of an urban sprawl
Between the eight lane freeway and the mega mall
My factory closed they had to let me go
And they gave my pension to the CEO
I gotta beat the bushes
To find a new job
Beat the bushes
I don't want to be a slob
Look at me now pushin' 55
I got to beat the bushes just to stay alive
Gotta Beat the Bushes
Gotta Beat the Bushes
Well, I got no health care no money in the bank
And I can't afford to fill my tank
And I know when my chain's bein' yanked
And I got a good idea who I got to thank
Cause my teenage daughter's fightin' in Iraq
Gotta Beat the Bushes
And there ain't no tellin when she's comin' back
Gotta Beat the Bushes
Worse has come to worst and push has come to shove
If I'm gonna protect the ones I love
I gotta beat the Bushes
Beat the Bushes
I gotta Beat the Bushes
Beat the Bushes
We gotta Beat the Bushes
Beat the Bushes
We gotta Beat the Bushes
We gotta Beat the Bushes if we want to survive