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I Think We've Got a Holdout

from Songbones 88​-​84 by Jeff Smith

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This is another of the protest tracks that Peter Bonta and I did. Peter's on backing vocals and was the ramrod while I went wondering out over the range. Yes its a Juno 60.

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I Think We've Got a Holdout

You're out there on the street doing what you've been taught
Believing it's survival without a second thought
Dressing for success and not missing the tricks
A suit and tie or a bow at the throat to hide the scare of office politics

But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in
I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in

Be careful what you say your'e in mixed company
Bit your lip if you're offended there's no pity for the uppity
Now here come your future with it's studied attitude
Inside this box is your guarantee send it in with your gratitude

But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in
I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in

The gears turn your mind you've become part of the machine
I can still remember you but I miss the human being
People still love to talk whenever they're together
Pour a drink to break the ice common ground is talking the weather

But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in
I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in

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from Songbones 88​-​84, released May 26, 2015
Peter Bonta Juno 60 and drum machine programming
Jeff-all other noises

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Inspired and influenced by early country, blues, rock and pop
Jeff Smith writes songs and tells elongated and elliptical stories about them. Jeff's Appalachian drawl slides in and around his guitar playing and Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs swing on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. Now residing in the swamps of Virginia, Smith performs club gigs and
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