Bum Bum Bum

Music: Cass McCombs [Verse 1] The white dog of the farm still breeds She's off her leash to tear flesh and teach Bum, bum, bum You think you've heard it all before Well, here's once more, we're all at war Bum, bum, bum Blood in the streets, our eternal river I know the killer, he counts my silver Bum, bum, bum They ambushed them behind the reeds These are our seeds, white dog still breeds Bum, bum, bum

[Bridge 1] They say, “Buy when there's blood in the streets Even if the blood is your own” So they employed men far away To turn against their home Centuries in the distant mist But it's not a dream

[Verse 2] No, it ain't no dream, it's all too real How long until this river of blood congeals? Bum, bum, bum And eulogies poured from the stage But nothing changed, the dog was caged Bum, bum, bum And white bread artists won't even look at you When they know it's true, what you gonna do? Bum, bum, bum

[Bridge 2] Thought I heard some woman screaming And I sat up in my bed And I went over to the window And I saw him in the cold street, lying dead Oh, please tell me, you academics How do you wake up from a non-dream?

[Verse 3] No, it ain't no dream, it’s all too real How long until this river of blood congeals? Bum, bum, bum Sent a letter to my congressman The Ku Klux Klan, from my pierced hands Bum, bum, bum They sent me back an Apple phone A fine-hair comb and a bell tolled Bum, bum, bum The phone rang once and the line went dead All blood runs red, white pups still bred Bum, bum, bum