Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down (in memory of George Sawchuk)

from Courage Before Comfort by George Harris

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This was written in memory of George Sawchuk a great man and a remarkable artist who used the forest as his canvas and who made you think about the world in which you live.

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Rode the railroad to the hump yard     
And got chased down by some bull             
You don’t ride for nothing
So they kicked me in the balls                    
When all I did was try to get to town                         
Don't let the bastards grind you down   

And there’s nothing like the freezing cold
To make you a man
When the drips and traces
Of a dog's world turn your head
And they get the blanket
While you earn your daily bread
Don't let the bastards grind you down

From the forest to the town                  
Take a stand and do it now                  
Tell the priests and politicians              
And the heads of industry                      
Tell them all
That you won't let them                        
Grind you down                                    

I took a million trees out
Just to build myself one home
And I left my pound of flesh
Beside the road
And I bled and I loved
And I'm a man who truly lived
And I never let the bastards grind me down

From the forest to the town                  
Take a stand and do it now                  
Tell the priests and politicians              
And the heads of industry                      
Tell them all
That you won't let them                        
Grind you down                                    

Wouldn't buy the dogma
No matter what you hide behind
Wrong's still wrong
And ‘till they put me in the ground
I'll yell it from the forest
And I'll tell it on the town
Don't let the bastards grind you down

I'll yell it from the forest
And I'll tell it on the town
Don't let the bastards grind you down

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from Courage Before Comfort, released January 7, 2017

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George writes simple yet evocative songs. They deal with aspects of our shared humanity and chew those fleeting moments that add wonder and substance to our life.

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