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Let My People Go

from Secret Society by T. Hallenbeck

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Pharaoh, I am here to sing you a sad song,
sadder than the saddest song that's ever been sung.
Pharaoh, I am here to ring you a loud bell,
louder than the loudest bell that's ever been rung.
What was great now is humble.
Watch as empires topple and tumble.
It's time to wind up the dog-and-pony show -
it's time to let my people go.

Pharaoh, I am here to go back on those funny oaths
that you made me take when I was stupid and young.
Pharaoh, I am here to unlearn all those crazy spells
that can't be said in my native tongue.
You will have to do without us,
and all those handy things about us.
It's time to wind up the dog-and-pony show -
it's time to let my people go.

Here's your supercharged sweet ride back -
take it so I'll get my pride back.
I've supervised my last stone arch,
and overseen my last forced march.

Yes! Pharaoh, I am here to renounce all those strange oaths
that you made me take when I was stupid and young.
Pharaoh, I am here to forget all those crazy spells
that can't be cast in my native tongue.
You will have to make ends meet
without our calloused hands and our sure feet.
It's time to wind up the dog-and-pony show -
it's time to let my people go.

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from Secret Society, released October 1, 2001

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