Leesylvania

by Hannah Rebekah

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Leesylvania
This tree began growing when you were just a boy
​A revolutionary war hero up the river from Mount Vernon
Dip your feet in the Potomac
A road will run right through this house
They’re gonna put a train right through here after you are dead

The trees that your slaves planted
Stand tall from whence they came
Your sons will choose the wrong side of history
Centuries later people doin’ the same

Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
Don’t they know where they came from?
Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
Don’t they know where they came from?

Well there’s no whistle in the wind
As I wonder ‘bout the length of time
It takes for bones to decompose
How every person has to die
And if that guy can do it, so can I
If that guy can do it, so can I

While I’m still alive
I’d like to hear your story
While I’m still alive
I’d like to read your story
While I’m still alive
I’d like to tell your story
While I’m still alive

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released July 12, 2019

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Hannah Rebekah is a traveling, American, indie-folk singer-songwriter, currently sitting still. :)

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