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Intro
00:40
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Call the Mercenaries
02:41
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Do you have a problem and no one else can help
Maybe you can hire the government themselves
Providing solutions satisfaction guaranteed
Disaster capitalism the best in the industry
Call the Mercenaries
Don’t believe what they tell you their not security
War profiteers from Blackwater killing refugees
On the streets of Baghdad or down in New Orleans
Soldiers of fortune maybe that’s what you need
Call the Mercenaries
They storm right in and kick the block
Lethal force it’s no big shock
Open your eyes and you will see
Someone stop the Massacre
Call the Mercenaries
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Skokie Affair
02:15
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Storm the city Storm the Beach
Your neighborhoods not out of reach
They speak of pride filed under free speech
The dirty truth is hidden down beneath
Looking for young soldiers to fight
Move to Detroit to start the Fourth Reich
The got you running running scared
They call the whole thing a Skokie Affair
Single minded fascist Scum
You’re not proving anything to anyone
The whole idea ain’t so great
Trying to put the fun back in hate
The got you running running scared
The got you running running scared
The got you running running scared
The got you running running scared
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Onward
02:42
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Better not protest the war
Someone will be at your door
They know everything you do
Wake up this means you
Don’t matter that we might have made em’
Daddy’s set so let’s invade em’
The sun never sets on the U.S.A.
Onward forever
A new type of party line
Stay to the right or do the time
A police state is on the way
What happened to the good ole days?
Call your family make your plans
It’s just another Vietnam
The sun never sets on the U.S.A.
Onward forever
At home they form bread lines
Young men sent off to die
Spending money to fuel the war
No one cares for the sick or poor
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Iceman
02:17
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His life was a mess
Out of the darkness
You will be laid to rest
Started at 14
His first crime scene
Became a murder fiend
He’ll do time south of Heaven
Get Parole at 111
They got a new plan (Bring on the Iceman)
From the Family man (Bring on the Iceman)
Kinda Frightening (Bring on the Iceman)
Grip is Tightening (Bring on the Iceman)
Streetwise pool shark
He’ll soon make his mark
Some say he’s got no heart
Chainsaws and cyanide
There’s nothing he can’t hide
The devil by his side
He’ll do time south of heaven
Get Parole at 111
They got a new plan (Bring on the Iceman)
From the Family man (Bring on the Iceman)
Kinda Frightening (Bring on the Iceman)
Grip is Tightening (Bring on the Iceman)
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Spirit of '43
01:20
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Crowded City Black and White
Belle Isle on a Sunday night
Fists are thrown rumors spread
Rowdy sailors a woman is dead
Down on Hastings burn it to the ground
Police enter bodies all around
All this hate because of race
Helps to lay this city to waste
Riot Riot Riot, It’s the Spirit of ‘43
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Revolution or Bust
02:30
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Thrown Out of High School
against all at the Labor March
Workers Unite
Stand up it’s your chance to fight
Crush the Fascist
In the Spanish civil war
Militant Mentor
Better listen to your commissar
It’s all in who you trust
When freedom is a must
The tales of yesterday gather dust
Revolution or Bust
Enlist to Fight
this battle was just the start
World War Number II
where you took shrapnel to the heart
Underground Red Scare
Detroit and the Smith Act
New Left New Blood
teach the young to attack
It’s all in who you trust
When freedom is a Must
The tales of yesterday gather dust
Revolution or Bust
You Better Stand Up
Let’s Make a Stand
Revolution or Bust
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One Shot
03:15
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1864 amidst a civil war
Sent off to kill, left 7 in his will
Johnny was from my hometown, the best shot around
Made it to Berdan’s, farmer turned into a fighting man
One Shot-Enlisted
One Shot-He ain’t missing
John A. Huff
The Pride of Company E
The march wasn’t long, 10,000 soldiers strong
5th Michigan Cavalry, in a time of need
The Tavern is where they met, the day they wouldn’t forget
The Grey wouldn’t be beat, sent the Union on retreat
One Shot-Enlisted
One Shot-He ain’t missing
John A. Huff
The Pride of Company E
Along an old fence line, just in the nick of time
Jeb came across his sights, this shot would end the fight
Lee got the news cried, General Stuart had just died
For the South the end was near, Johnny Huff had no fear!
One Shot-Enlisted
One Shot-He ain’t missing
John A. Huff
The Pride of Company E
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the Red Shift Detroit, Michigan
“The Red Shift” is an authentic old style punk band fused with the backbeat of 1950’s rock n’ roll. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan the Red Shift has been playing their unique brand of punk rock for nearly two decades. Comprised of Marky, Jerry and Scotty, this unique blend of musicians and comrades makes the Red Shift the ultimate punk rock force to be reckoned with. ... more
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