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Downtrodden Up

from Saddle the Bridge by Bonfire Madigan

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Downtrodden Up

Downtrodden was a relative of mine
We traveled here and there most everywhere
We walked onto the edge of the world and from there
He whispered, "jump girl, what else you gonna do?
Jump girl what else you got left to lose?"

Push. Downtrodden up
You wanna Push. Then push out
They came to push. Downtrodden up
You like to push. Then push Up

Skid Row was a street in my hometown
The last little corner of continental conquer
The great Euro American scam
With the non-tropical rain forests, the reservations,
and the Puget Sound

I stole all my city's sirens
I buried them in the dirt
Now I hear the center of the earth
Screaming "Red-Alert"
Screaming

How high was it you wanted to fly
How far you willing to fall to try
How high was it you wanted to fly
And how far you willing to fall to try
How high was it you wanted to fly
And how far you willing to fall to try

And Push
Downtrodden Up
You like to Push Then push Up
They came to push downtrodden up
You wanna push Then push up

Get out
And push

You see I am a deep sea diver
I'll go to outer space
I make my profession known in the ranks of our Fate
I am a deep sea diver
I've gone to outer space
And I scream to the stars that my homeland
is more than a human septic tank
And we are more than a rat race
We're so much more

Push downtrodden up
You like to push then push out/up
They came to push downtrodden up
You like to push Then push out/up
Get out and push! Downtrodden Up
You like to push! then push up
Get out and push! Downtrodden up
You like to push! Well push out/up

I found a new frontier in the Universe
It's a familiar face
It's the one that smiles when you feel most forgotten,
and says:
"Oh, I know you. It's been a long time.
H-how are you doing? W-what are you doing now?
You know, we come from the same place?
We're from the same place."

We come from the same place

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from Saddle the Bridge, released December 11, 2017

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Bonfire Madigan San Diego, California

Bonfire Madigan, AKA Madigan Shive, is one of my favorite musicians of all time. She clutches her cello like a life-raft, singing in gorgeous yelps and hums. It doesn’t really matter if you like the kind of music Bonfire Madigan sings, because she does it so soulfully and gracefully, you can’t help but stand there open mouthed, gawking at her vocals and cello.— JS The Mercury Pdx, OR ... more

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