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Free Western Sahara

from Yerbazú by Renny Jackson

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Free Western Sahara

On a distant dusty road
There was a distant dusty stone,
Kicked by a soldier on his tea break .
The stone rumbled forward
As he stepped back and he thought,
‘Why can I not be more like that stone?’

In a distant deep blue sea
There was a distant shoal of fish,
Who muttered as they rocked upon the tide .
‘Why is it that these ships
Keep on cutting up our necks?’
Thinking back to 1975

On a silver mound of sand
Stood a sullen silver moon,
Who watched with a scythe in her hand.
She said, ‘I’ve to come to reap the harvest,
But the furthest I could get
Was to dig out hidden landmines underground.’

And she said ‘Free Western Sahara!'
‘Free Western Sahara!'
‘Free Western Sahara!'

In a rotten pile of tin
Baked rusty by the sun,
A conversation could be heard amongst the waste;
‘Hey you, you can of tuna? What’s the deal with us all bein’ here?’
‘I’ve no idea,’ replied the other tin in haste.

Underneath the tin
Were some rocks and veins of gas,
Minerals that glimmered unabashed.
Said the phosphate to the propane,
‘It’s insane all this profit!’
‘Stop it, you’ve ideas above your shaft.’

Sure enough the sun came down
To torch their necks,
Blistered almost to a cinder.
But the elders cried
As they shed their eyes
‘’Our revenge will be the laughter of our children!"

And they said ‘Free Western Sahara!'
‘Free Western Sahara!'
‘Free Western Sahara!'

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from Yerbazú, released October 12, 2014
Guitar and vocal: Renny Jackson
Mandolin: Ian Scionti
Double-bass: Rafa Torres
Percussion: Jesus Campos

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"Listening to tracks by Renny Jackson and loving them. Great lyrics." George Monbiot, Guardian Columnist

"Renny Jackson writes lyrics with the sensibility of a poet, plays complex guitar with gusto and finesse, and delivers his songs with a simplicity and directness that marks him out among his peers." Paul Murhpy, The Songwriter's Cafe
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