Gojam Province 1968
The Mountain Goats * Track #4 On Satanic Messiah EP
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Gojam Province 1968 by The Mountain Goats
Performed by
The Mountain GoatsProduced by
Scott SolterWrited by
John DarnielleAbout
Gojam is a province in Ethiopia. Alternate spellings include Gojjam, or ጎጃም in Ge'ez script.
In February 1968, peasants in Gojjam resisted the Ethiopian government’s attempts to introduce a new agricultural income tax. Gojjame farmers petitioned Emperor Haile Selassi to reverse the tax, and when he...
Gojam Province 1968 Lyrics
Running like a band of angry schoolboys
Up and down the well-lit streets today
Bashing in the heads of tax collectors
And anybody else who's in our way
Bathing in the sunlight that's our birthright
Waiting for someone to set the scene
Last time he came to town
A few stray coins came raining down
We scrambled in the dirt for them
Like ants around the queen
We take aim at the dawning day
And we shoot
Starving to death, starving to death
For the low-hanging fruit
Then all at once here comes the motorcade
Slow and steady down the beaten track
And as we're bashing out the windows of the limo
We notice there's nobody in the back
And the helicopter lands atop the palace
The royal guard assembles at the gate
The country's gonna burn
And we'll still have to wait our turn
Last among contenders of the super-featherweights
We take aim at the dawning day
And we shoot
Starving to death, starving to death
For the low-hanging fruit
Gojam Province 1968 Q&A
Who wrote Gojam Province 1968's ?
Gojam Province 1968 was written by John Darnielle.
Who produced Gojam Province 1968's ?
Gojam Province 1968 was produced by Scott Solter.