09 Slave Trader

PERFORMED BY
Danny Green

WRITTEN BY
Danny Green

℗© Danny Green

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SLAVE TRADER

The fog is thick, the highway's slick
The air is damp and cold
The sky is clear but smells with fear
Of the lives that's just been sold

Sold to another Boss
Trade em in
The dealer never takes a loss
They can't win
And their lives are owed
To a rich man's fancy

Families torn - children born
In shackles all their days
Their father's pride must run and hide
Or the price he'll have to pay
The babies cry - daughters lie
Momma sweeps up the floor
Owners tell - it's time to sell
And brother runs out the door

Slave trader - does sleep rest easy on your eyes
Slave trader - selling your deceit with your lies

The light is dim from the shack within
As they hover around the fire
The old dog growls - the wind it howls
He can sense another buyer
The youngest boy - their pride and joy
He goes up for bid today
He makes his plan to remain a man
And tries to break away

Losing grip - he feels a whip
Slash into his shoulder
A final lunge - the sound of guns
And the boy can't get no older - He can't get no older

Slave Trader - Does sleep rest easy on your eyes
Slave Trader - Selling your deceit with your lies
All the lies

The lives - lies- lives - lies - lives - all the lies
All the lives- the lies - the lives - the lies

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