Drive-By Truckers - Once They Banned Imagine Lyrics






We had our heart strings dangling ripe for the yanking
And lot of reasons grabby was good
Poor huddled masses singing boots up their asses
Giving grabby what he needed to pull
All the way back to where ghosts from the past were still
Fighting their wars from the grave
Complete with record burning and threatening and spurning
The crime of getting blood on the page
Since the big one ended we'd been mostly pretending
We'd have had the same gumption and grit
As the greatest among us when harm came upon us
We wouldn't hesitate to defend
But with or against something's been out to get us
And it looked like something finally did
No nobler cause in our lifetime for setting our sails to the wind

But once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids

Are you now or have you ever been in cahoots with the notion that people can change
When history happens again if you do or you did you'll be blamed
From baseless inquiry
To no knocking entry
Becoming the law of the land
To half cocked excuses for bullet abuse regarding anything browner than tan

Cause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids





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  1. R.... W....

    Damn good song.

  2. R.... W....

    Damn good song.

  3. L.... ....

    Cooley never disappoints lyrically. Love it when he captures a moment in time or an era: Carl Perkins' Cadillac, Self Destructive Zones...I'll never know enough of his stuff...and he'll never be well-known enough.

  4. G.... H....

    Most IMPORTANT BAND working today.

  5. P.... K....

    Incredible rendition of a gorgeous song by the best band in the world.

  6. p.... ....

    The Stroker Ace is an amazing soul ♡

  7. M.... A....

    Never noticed how much Cooley looks like Harry Shearer until this video. The Derek Smalls of DBT.

  8. r.... k....

    very well done indeed

  9. A.... ....

    Well done guys. Very nice song.

  10. p.... s....

    Imagine that. KUDOS

  11. m.... ....

    This song is heartbreaking.

  12. w.... ....

    Said it elsewhere, gonna say it here...I love this band. Damn.

  13. A.... T....

    i smell some burning rubber. They must be on that car this song is spinning all the way to the checkered flag & 4 ever be in the Chase #CLASSIC

  14. W.... ....

    ¡Guatemala!

  15. D.... M....

    If anyone is interested the chords are just C-G-F on repeat. This is beautiful song and feels like the other side to "surrender under protest"

    If you haven't already I suggest checking out that song, and honestly, all of DBT's discography.