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Gambling Man (Little Johnny)

from All the Pieces, volume 2. by Jimmi Carr

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Little Johnny was a gambling man
Gambling his people on an evil plan
Sitting at the table with old uncle sam
Peddling a lie, a joke, a scam

Little Johnny was a pale faced man
Born and raised on stolen land
Fed by destructions ugly hand
He joined the club and he took command

Little Johnny's playing with the big boys now
Don't ask me why. don't ask me how
Little Johnny's got us going to war
He's opening the door to 1954

Little Johnny he's a really swell guy
Helping us to open up a hole in the sky
Sitting under a bush at the top of the hill
Little Johnny's been feeding on American pie

Little Johnny's people are all over this land
Handing out the blindfolds so we couldn't give a damn
Well little Johnny I don't understand
And I don't want to be an American

Little Johnny's playing with the big boys now
Don't ask me why. don't ask me how
Little Johnny's got us going to war
He's opening the door to 1944

Little Johnny he's a sorry little man
But he just couldn't say the words that millions can
No he just doesn't;t feel it, even though we do
Little Johnny we are bigger than you

Little Johnny's playing with the big boys now
Don't ask me why. don't ask me how
Little Johnny's got us going to war
He's opening the door to 1854

Little Johnny was a gambling man
Gambling his people on an evil plan
Sitting at the table with old uncle sam
Peddling a lie, a joke, a scam

Little Johnny was a pale faced man
Born and raised on stolen land
Fed by destructions ugly hand
He joined the club and he took command

Little Johnny's playing with the big boys now
Don't ask me why. don't ask me how
Little Johnny's got us going to war
He's opening the door to 1954
He's opening the door to 1934
He's opening the door to 1854

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from All the Pieces, volume 2., released February 1, 2007
Jimmi Carr - Vocals and Guitar

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Jimmi Carr NSW, Australia

Jimmi Carr is a singer/songwriter from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. He has released 6 albums and an EP under his own name and 2 releases with Innamech. Jimmi's music moves through Folk Alt-Country, Funk and Rock. It could be described as somewhere between Wilco, Ben Harper and Beck. For Innamech go to innamech.bandcamp.com ... more

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