The Cross, The Dollar & The Gun Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 3 times, most recently at Robyn and Emma's house on September 27, 2020. He first performed it at Robyn & Emma's house on August 26, 2020, 1 month earlier.

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Notes from Robyn on Patreon in 2020.
Both Emma and I will be releasing ‘protest’ singles soon on our label Tiny Ghost Records. A different recording of this song will be the B-side of mine. This here is a version cut live at Blackbird Studio in Nashville last weekend.

It's in Bb and in the Nashville tradition, it's three chords and the truth.

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Welcome to America
We know you'll have some fun
You need the cross, the dollar & the gun

There are only three things
That apply to everyone
And they're the cross, the dollar & the gun
Oh baby, it's the cross, the dollar & the gun

If you think a revolution
Just might have just begun
Don't forget the cross, the dollar & the gun

Freedom is a luxury
It's not for everyone
Unlike the cross, the dollar & the gun
Oh darling, the cross, the dollar & the gun

Remember God almighty
Who betrayed his only son
You need the cross, the dollar & the gun

Jesus was notorious
He never hurt no one
But he got the cross, the dollar & the gun soon follow
He got the cross, the dollar & the gun

This holy trinity
Is a how the West was won
That's right, the cross, the dollar & the gun

Which would you go for
If you had to pick just one?
Would it be the cross, the dollar or the gun
You tell me, would it the cross, the dollar or the gun

Stay down in the shadows
'Cause there's no place in the sun
Without the cross, the dollar or the gun

Wanna be the President?
You can never run
Without the cross, the dollar or the gun
Oh baby, the cross, the dollar & the gun

Welcome to America
Here's how you get it done
You need the cross, the dollar & the gun
Oh darling, the cross, the dollar & the gun