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Bullets of Mexico
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Phil Ochs
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The peons of Mexico
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Long have known suffering and pain
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Zapata and Villa
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Have died there, fighting in vain
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Rube' Jaramillo kept up the tradition
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He fought for the land once again
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He lived for the land
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And there on the land he was slain
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A forty-five bullet has ended the life
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Of a man who had lived by the gun
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But all of the bullets of Mexico
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Cannot undo all the work that he's done
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The greedy capiques have stolen
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And plundered the land
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With pistoleros they ruled
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With a cold iron hand
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The poor campesinos could stand it no longer
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Resistance was starting to grow
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Jaramillo decided
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To fight for a new Mexico
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A forty-five bullet has ended the life
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Of a man who had lived by the gun
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But all of the bullets of Mexico
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Cannot undo all the work that he's done
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For twenty long years he fought
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And he struggled and tried
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Effe Bonilla, his wife
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Always there at his side
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Often surrounded, he always was hounded
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They searched for him near, far and wide
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A man of deep sorrow
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But also a man of deep pride
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A forty-five bullet has ended the life
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Of a man who had lived by the gun
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But all of the bullets of Mexico
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Cannot undo all the work that he's done
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Two thousand peasants
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He led to their long Promised Land
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And the army's revenge killed the wife
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And the sons and the man
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His assassins rejoiced with their whiskey and women
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They laughed and they danced on his grave
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Now the land waits again for another
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To ride on the wave
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A forty-five bullet has ended the life
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Of a man who had lived by the gun
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But all of the bullets of Mexico
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Cannot undo all the work that he's done
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