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I Don't Want to Start a War

by Will Kimbrough

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Hippies in the black belt
Where are they now?
I thought the racist devil
Was put to rest somehow
Slouching in towards Gethsemane
With thirty pieces of silver and gold
Waiting on the tribal clans of old

Tie die peace sign flying
But a pillared mansion white
Have they swapped that rag for a MAGA flag
In the thick aired Selma night?
While the chimes of freedom rust and rot
In a death spiral out of control
When did we sell our holy souls?
I don’t want to start a war
Sing with me a while
Let’s get lost like we did before
Peace and love fell out of style
I don’t want to start a war
Not another Civil War

The zip tie guy and his mean old Ma
Wait for Sydney to file her brief
The QAnon Shaman in his buffalo hat
I swear we tripped with him on Shakedown Street
Summer ’86 Palo Alto bound
We were really on a roll
Just trying to expand our souls
I don’t want to start a war
Sing with me a while
Let’s get lost like we did before
Peace and love fell out of style
I don’t want to start a war
Not another Civil War

Prankster turned to Brownshirt
I don’t even want to know
The light shined bright back in our day
Now the clouds hang dark and low
Winter ’21 now you’re DC bound
And you’re damn sure on a roll
Now I’m trying to find your soul
I don’t want to start a war
Sing with me a while
Let’s get lost like we did before
Peace and love fell out of style
I don’t want to start a war
I can’t take the hate no more

Deadheads in the Delta
Deadheads way down South
Deadheads in the Delta
Bless your heart
Hush your mouth
I don’t want to start a war
Not another Civil War
I don’t want to start a war
I can’t take the hate no more
I don’t want to start a war

Copyright 2021
Will Kimbrough Music & Bobby Hall

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released January 6, 2022
Will Kimbrough - vocals, guitars, B3
Chris Donohue - bass
Bryan Owings - drums and percussion
Recorded by John McBride at Blackbird Studios, Nashville
Mixed by Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant, East Nashville
Mastered by Jim Demain at Yes Master!, Nashville
Art by Death Nurse

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Will Kimbrough Nashville, Tennessee

Will Kimbrough is based in Nashville.
Will has released 20 albums as a solo artist and band member.
His songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, Shemekia Copeland and others.
Kimbrough’s production for artists like Shemekia Copeland has earned him a Gold Record, Living Blues Producer of the Year and a Grammy nomination.
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