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The Wicked Kingdom

from Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow by RioFender

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lyrics

The black gold is rusting
upon your crown
The palaces it built
are coming down
A new tsunami breaks
on your horizon
When it hits will you still be around?

I wished the snow would keep on fallin'
The world we know, buried below
The white façade conceals the Wicked Kingdom
And the new people never know

Oh you can't hold it
You were bought and sold for black gold
No, you can't control it
So sell your soul for black gold

Now on the tundra the new world's thriving
And no man's rule holds no sway
The people go from day-to-day surviving
Father hunts while his children play

And mother makes a home for all to dwell in
She's equally valued in the role she plays
And each man sleeps just like a baby
Knowing the world was meant to be this way

Oh you can't hold it
You were bought and sold for black gold
No, you can't control it
So sell your soul for black gold

Until one day, one new man's stirring
And covets more than his neighbour has
He feels the call of the Wicked Kingdom
and sets out with a shovel upon his back

He digs down to a world built by slaves
and finds a crown and a black gold throne
And now he knows that his only purpose
is to multiply and multiply the things he owns

Oh you can't hold it
You were bought and sold for black gold
No, you can't control it
So sell your soul for black gold

credits

from Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow, released September 15, 2019
Written by John McInally
Drums - Patrick Whyte
Guitar - John McInally & Euan Lloyd
Bass - John McInally
Vocals - John McInally
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered Morphamish at Sound Sound Studio, Edinburgh

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