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The Politician

from Keep Talking by Laura Tsaggaris

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this is your time to be free
this i will show you most passionately
mirror, mirror, you are fair*

know this is right to believe
these songs they're singing for me
oh say, oh say, can you see**

this land is yours and
this land is mine and ***

take yourself aside with all your reasons why yours is justified, but not mine
cuz you've suffered through, but i've suffered, too
and i want you to know this much is true****

this land is yours and
this land is mine and

i think you're scared you could be
here in my place more than just as easily
but yours should never have been mine to repair

so take yourself aside with all your reasons why yours is justified, not mine
cuz you've suffered through but, i've suffered, too
and i want you to know this part of me will die
it’s hard to be polite when you suffer through, cuz i've suffered, too
and i want you to know this much is true

and i just want to know you know this is true
know this is true

references:
* "snow white", first collected and published as "schneiweissen" by
the brothers grimm ©1812
** "the star spangled banner", © francis scott key 1814
*** "this land is your land", © woodie guthrie 1956
**** "true", © spandau ballet 1983



© laura tsaggaris 2006

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from Keep Talking, released May 9, 2009
produced by Ian Schreier and Laura Tsaggaris

Rob Clay – bass
Sam Clowney – electric guitar
Bill Eagen – drums
Laura Tsaggaris – acoustic guitar, keyboard, vocals

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Laura Tsaggaris District of Columbia

Laura Tsaggaris (sah-GAIR-iss) is a singer, guitarist and songwriter.

Her story begins in Pennsylvania where she grew up in the Pittsburgh area. College and a tennis scholarship brought her to Williamsburg, VA. She left that historic city with a love for another: Washington, DC. She works to give back to her now adopted hometown through the musical talents that have taken her far and wide. ... more

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