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We All Gonna Die

by Bart Roderick

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All instruments and vocals by Bart Roderick. Rough mix of song to be rerecorded on upcoming album. Reflections on a visit to New Orleans. Written before the COVID19 pandemic.

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All these oaks above us will someday melt into the soil
But they will leave a tiny seed about to sprout
One day every one of us will shuffle off this mortal coil
And that’s the moment that the little spark drifts out

The cards say don’t go walking down to Bourbon Street tonight
Desperation hangs a fog up in the air
A thousand people wallowing in freeze or flight or fight
You could lose your life or meet yourself down there.

We all gonna die
We all gonna die someday
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps rouler
We all gonna die
Vous savez vous mourrez.
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps rouler

There’s a sound down by the river side a jingling tambourine
A poor man you know won’t get out alive
Fretting out a song about a house he’s never even seen
Simon says the music suffers- but the music business thrives

That statue of Old Lee’s it isn’t up here any more
A legacy of loathing hate and fear
When nobody remembers what that pillar stood there for
That’s when his little spark will disappear.

We all gonna die
We all gonna die someday
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps rouler
We all gonna die
We all gonna fade away
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps rouler

When I die all the birds will sing
Forest creatures will dance in a ring
Balloons and little hats on all the heads
Everyone will laugh when I am dead.

We all gonna die
We all gonna die someday
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps rouler
We all gonna die
Je ne parle pas français
We all gonna die
laissez le bon temps roule

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released March 29, 2020

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Bart Roderick Selah, Washington

Bart has recorded and performed all over: with Mick Jagger's Super Heavy ("Beautiful People"), The Long Winters, ("Cinnamon", "New Girl", "Prom Night at Hater High", "Hindsight"), Peter Gabriel, Smokey Robinson and many others. He received his Masters in Music Central Washington University. Roderick has taught public school music for 27 years. ... more

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