The Cheque Is in the Mail (2019) [Radio Edit]
Work all day on the welfare line
Paid blood money to be wasting time
Thoughts all faded over what to do
Can you feel what I'm going through?
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more beers and now they're gone
And you keep telling me that the cheque is in the mail
I've been robbed of my heritage blind
Repeated numbing of my aching mind
The throbbing keeps my rage in check
Always aware, I'm an animal kept
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more libations, well now they're gone
And you keep telling me that the cheque is in the mail
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises, promises)
Promises, promises, promises
(Promises)
Broken
(Promises)
Polluted our rivers, more added woes
When will it stop? nobody knows
Discontent, like a church on fire
Mercury poisoning, our own desire
Divide and conquer our battered will
Look to the forest the silence can kill
Payment plan, call it cash for life
Systematic misery on reservation life
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises)
Promises, promises, promises
Broken
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Broken promises)
A woman beaten, smashed in her head
Only Creator knows when her children were fed
Down the road see that kid sniffing glue
It's the only escape from nothing to do
They're the next generation
That's already learned
That there is no better poison
Than a promise broken
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more beers and now they're gone
And you tell me that the cheque is in the mail
(Promises, promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises, promises)
Promises, promises, promises
(Promises)
Broken
(Promises broken)
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more drinks and now their gone
And now you tell me, you cooked the turkey in the dishwasher
Paid blood money to be wasting time
Thoughts all faded over what to do
Can you feel what I'm going through?
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more beers and now they're gone
And you keep telling me that the cheque is in the mail
I've been robbed of my heritage blind
Repeated numbing of my aching mind
The throbbing keeps my rage in check
Always aware, I'm an animal kept
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more libations, well now they're gone
And you keep telling me that the cheque is in the mail
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises, promises)
Promises, promises, promises
(Promises)
Broken
(Promises)
Polluted our rivers, more added woes
When will it stop? nobody knows
Discontent, like a church on fire
Mercury poisoning, our own desire
Divide and conquer our battered will
Look to the forest the silence can kill
Payment plan, call it cash for life
Systematic misery on reservation life
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises)
Promises, promises, promises
Broken
(Promises, oh)
Broken
(Broken promises)
A woman beaten, smashed in her head
Only Creator knows when her children were fed
Down the road see that kid sniffing glue
It's the only escape from nothing to do
They're the next generation
That's already learned
That there is no better poison
Than a promise broken
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more beers and now they're gone
And you tell me that the cheque is in the mail
(Promises, promises, oh)
Broken
(Promises, promises)
Promises, promises, promises
(Promises)
Broken
(Promises broken)
Promises of land and there was none
Promises of food and there was none
So we had some more drinks and now their gone
And now you tell me, you cooked the turkey in the dishwasher
Credits
Writer(s): Allen Deleary, Noel C Habel, Peter Louis Digangi
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