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Let's Build a Wall

by Katvanger

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A brief history lesson in the futility of border walls (it didn't work work to keep invaders out of China 2000 years ago, or more recently in Berlin) with special attention for the ill-conceived ambitions of a recent resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

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Let’s build a wall
Let’s build a wall
Let’s build a wall
Let’s build a wall

When China faced the threat of northern raiders,
Mongol hordes and Manchu invaders,
They weren’t amused at all
They built themselves a wall –
They built the Great Wall of China
but it didn't help much at all

When all the East Germans were heading west –
If they didn’t do something there’d be nobody left –
They built a wall
they built a wall
to keep everybody in
they built a wall

You can build a wall from here to there
but somewhere it’s got to end
You can make it pretty and fearsome too
But there’s never been a wall that you couldn’t get through
and find your way to the other side

There are walls of water and walls of sound
Walls to built up and walls to tear down –
Let’s build a wall
Let’s build a wall
To keep everybody out
Let’s build a wall

Now the wetbacks are coming cross the Rio Grande
with their wetback food and their wetback candy
let’s build a wall
let’s build a wall
To keep the wetbacks out
Let’s build a wall

They’ve been raping our women and dealing us drugs
taking market share from our American thugs
let’s build a wall
let’s build a wall
to protect our markets
let’s build a wall

we'll build it higher and longer and thicker and stronger
than any wall that's been built before
and if anyone tries to go over or under
we'll strike them down with lightning and thunder
and then we’ll send them a bill

The wall we build will be so high tech
Graffiti resistant and very complex
Let’s build a wall
Let’s build a wall
So beautiful so smart
so great so huge… that’s all
So beautiful so smart
so great so huge… that’s all
So beautiful so smart
so great so huge… that’s all
That’s all!

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released October 1, 2022
Music and lyrics by Jim Wake

Jim Wake - lead vocal and rhythm guitar
Jan Vereçki - lead guitar and backing vocals
Ruud Fransen - bass and backing vocals

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Katvanger is a blues-tinged trio that defies description with a mix of originals that cannot be easily pigeonholed. Some might call it roots or Americana, but in fact, Katvanger’s idiosyncratic eclecticism defies description. With a conspiratorial wink, they’ve often described it as dubious blues, twisted roots, counterfeit country & western, and improbable jazz. ... more

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