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The soft and easy-going “Bum Bum Bum” is the opener in Cass McCombs' eight album Mangy Love.
As much of the tracks on the album deal with political and social issues, this cut deals with racism in modern society.
[Verse 1]
The white dog of the farm still breeds
She's off her leash to tear flesh and teach
Bum, bum, bum
You think you've heard it all before
Well, here's once more, we're all at war
Bum, bum, bum
Blood in the streets, our eternal river
I know the killer, he counts my silver
Bum, bum, bum
They ambushed them behind the reeds
These are our seeds, white dog still breeds
Bum, bum, bum
[Bridge 1]
They say, “Buy when there's blood in the streets
Even if the blood is your own”
So they employed men far away
To turn against their home
Centuries in the distant mist
But it's not a dream
[Verse 2]
No, it ain't no dream, it's all too real
How long until this river of blood congeals?
Bum, bum, bum
And eulogies poured from the stage
But nothing changed, the dog was caged
Bum, bum, bum
And white bread artists won't even look at you
When they know it's true, what you gonna do?
Bum, bum, bum
[Bridge 2]
Thought I heard some woman screaming
And I sat up in my bed
And I went over to the window
And I saw him in the cold street, lying dead
Oh, please tell me, you academics
How do you wake up from a non-dream?
[Verse 3]
No, it ain't no dream, it’s all too real
How long until this river of blood congeals?
Bum, bum, bum
Sent a letter to my congressman
The Ku Klux Klan, from my pierced hands
Bum, bum, bum
They sent me back an Apple phone
A fine-hair comb and a bell tolled
Bum, bum, bum
The phone rang once and the line went dead
All blood runs red, white pups still bred
Bum, bum, bum
Bum Bum Bum was written by Cass McCombs.
Bum Bum Bum was produced by Dan Horne & Rob Schnapf & Cass McCombs.
Cass McCombs released Bum Bum Bum on Fri Aug 26 2016.