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Can't Happen Here

from Soapbox by Kito Peters

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Can’t Happen Here

i walked proud in Abe’s parade
he wore that stovepipe hat i made
he’d just won a second time
sad eyes high above the grime

i ate corn at Wounded Knee
my nieces slept in the teepee
the cavalry no real concern
we still had some things to learn

we agreed no need to fear
we said it can’t happen here
from history we must awake
soon the fragile walls could break

i had breakfast in Berlin
the day that they swore Hitler in
i had business deals to do
the sky a perfect frozen blue

and i cleaned houses in Saigon
one day all the whites were gone
docile peasants can rebel
and rout the kings of buy and sell

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i sold chickens in Baghdad
shock and awe much worse than bad
of course they mostly wanted oil
and testing death stars on our soil

we agreed no need to fear
we said it can’t happen here
from history we must awake
soon the fragile walls could break

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from Soapbox, released December 8, 2018

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Kito Peters Santa Fe, New Mexico

Kito Peters has released (like doves!) quite a few CDs, has garnered his share of esoteric radio airplay, and has won a baker's dozen of New Mexico Music Awards, including twice for Best CD of the Year and four times for Best Pop CD. He is a big fan of Harry Bosch, Al Kaline, and Laura Nyro. ... more

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