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Rich Man's Law

from Hiraeth by Cosmo

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Rich Man's Law

This is where my fate found me
With demons sent to confound me
And these high walls all around me
Bound by a rich man's law

He better watch the bed he lies in
Think twice about sending spies in
My spirit will keep on rising
Till I'm bound by his law no more

Was it something in the water
Running though this makeshift shelter
The bodged electrics faltering
That heralded my birth?

I don't care how you spin it
I won't accept this limit
On the world and my place it
On what I'm really worth

The ghetto from the cradle
The factory his ladle
The crumbs there on his table
Our grateful outstretched hands

He can't see my thirsting
The pressure's close to bursting
The one who's last out's first in
I think you understand

The trinkets and the gimmicks
The high life that we mimic
It's turned us into cynics
Just waiting for a pile

Rise up and claim your birthright
Hit hard then party all night
For sure we'll soon be alright
And we'll destroy the files

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from Hiraeth, released October 19, 2015

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Cosmo Cardiff, UK

".. a folksinger for our times with a veritable hive of bees in his bonnet..." Rob Adams, Edinburgh Fringe Review.

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