Jesus Of Rio
Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Where they held a summit to save the world
And to mark the time when development
As traditionally understood, had failed
And the affluent North raping the South
Investment from the North means economic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt payments
I was with a whore in Copenhagen
Drinking eight-hundred-dollars worth of champagne in Kroner
She came from Rio
We were trying to save the world
We did not get what we wanted
She wanted money, she did not get what she wanted
I missed my wife, I did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lap
Death sits on all our laps
While Christ the Redeemer towers high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Where they held a summit to save the world
And to mark the time when development
As traditionally understood, had failed
And the affluent North raping the South
Investment from the North means economic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt payments
I was with a whore in Copenhagen
Drinking eight-hundred-dollars worth of champagne in Kroner
She came from Rio
We were trying to save the world
We did not get what we wanted
She wanted money, she did not get what she wanted
I missed my wife, I did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lap
Death sits on all our laps
While Christ the Redeemer towers high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Credits
Writer(s): Gordon Gano
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- Please Do Not Go (Demo)
- Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Cafè / 1981)
- Blister In The Sun (Demo)
- Gone Daddy Gone / I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live At Folk City / 1983)
- Why Do Birds Sing? (Deluxe Edition)
- Color Me Once (Early Version)
- American Music (Alternate Mix)
- Me And You
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