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Yeah, Yeah, Fascists Suck The World's Largest, Gnarliest Donkey Dicks But Still​.​.​.

from Yeah, Yeah, Fascists Suck The World's Largest, Gnarliest Donkey Dicks But Still​.​.​. by Lach

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"I don't know, for like the zillionth time I saw a photo of some rocker giving the finger to the camera, emulating the famous Johnny Cash picture. And then I saw a picture of Ringo smiling and giving the peace sign. And then I saw a post by a songwriter I love lauding the Woody Guthrie slogan "This guitar kills fascists." But then I saw a picture of Pete Seeger's banjo that said, “This machine surrounds hatred and forces it to surrender.” And I remembered the squeamish excuses for Siouxie and Sid's Nazi symbols and it all boiled up in the riotous times we're in and I was like, "No more killing of ANYONE. No more "Fuck You's", no more sanctified hatred. Love is the answer, but love is hard. It means no violence. It means patience, ingenuity, humor, mercy and grace. The cold hard sneer of rock can be thrilling, but the unclenched fist reaching out is more so. Anyway, I wrote the poem last week and this morning I sang it with a few chords in one take. That's this," - Lach

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Yeah, Yeah, Fascists Suck The World's Largest, Gnarliest Donkey Dicks But Still...

Sometimes...

I wish Woody's guitar didn't say anything
about killing anyone ever
I wish Johnny Cash flashed a peace sign
instead of angry fingers
And Sid and Siouxsie's swastikas were
Mickey Mouse heads

I hope foggy London Bridge
never falls down
and the football finally gets
kicked by Charlie Brown
and the Mods lie in the green
grass with the Teds

I wanna save that poor bat
from Ozzy's madness
and Ian Curtis from
his world of sadness
and get that Pogue to
do a wicked twelve-step

I wanna turn back time
and heal Cher's heart
and give Cindy Lauper
Madonna's lead parts
And save Pauline's baby
from Johnny Rotten's bad breath

In the swirling dust
at the end of the world
Will it ever really matter
which flag is unfurled?
and does Woody Guthrie regret
his call for someone's death?

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from Yeah, Yeah, Fascists Suck The World's Largest, Gnarliest Donkey Dicks But Still​.​.​., released August 23, 2020
Lach - Vocal and Guitar
Produced and engineered by Lach at Eden B Studios, Edinburgh
Artwork by Lach

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Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

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