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Jim Dixon Lyr Req: Old Man Trump (Woody Guthrie) (10) Lyr Add: OLD MAN TRUMP (Woody Guthrie) 20 Jul 16


Here are the lyrics as they appear at https://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Old_Man_Trump.htm, which appears to be the "official" Woody Guthrie website (with the formatting tidied up a bit by me):


OLD MAN TRUMP
Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Ryan Harvey
© Copyright Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. (BMI) & Ryan Harvey (ASCAP)

1. I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate
He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed that color line
Here at his Beach Haven family project

CHORUS: Beach Haven ain't my home! No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain, and my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump's Tower where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

2. I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both
Welcoming you here to Beach Haven
To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place
To have your kids raised up in.

[CHORUS, INSTRUMENTAL BREAK, REPEAT VERSE 1 & CHORUS TWICE.]*

* As performed by Ryan Harvey, Ani Difranco, and Tom Morello.


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