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Coats

from Trait D'union EP by Okies

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They came from the sea
Upon a great wooden beast
Sailing far from their homeland
To build us a throne and
They put up a wall
That could protect us all
That’s the part of the story
That my father told me

They shackled our minds
And brought the darkest of times
They taught us to fear them
To hide to believe and
As slaves we live on
From morning to dawn
That’s the part of the story
Where my mama taught me

To follow the laws
Don’t sharpen your claws
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild
You’ve got to button up your coat
So tight ‘round your throat
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild now

They knew from the start
They could tear us apart
A once mighty people
Slayed by their refusal
To follow the laws
To sharpen their claws
That’s the part of the story
My poor sister told me

They marched in our homes
With their hearts carved in stone
With one cold bloody hand
They wrote the deeds to our land
Then they tallied up their votes
Named him king of the coats
That’s the part of the story
I chose to believe

You’ve got to fight for your cause
So sharpen your claws
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild
You’ve got to button up your coat
So tight ‘round your throat
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild now

You’ve got to fight for your cause
So sharpen your claws
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild
You’ve got to button up your coat
So tight ‘round your throat
Stay by my side
We're going back to the wild now

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from Trait D'union EP, released October 3, 2015

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Okies Gatineau, Québec

Okies are an Indie Folk band composed of one guy in four different fonts. They hail from Aylmer, on the Quebec side of the river in the National Capital Region.

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