Downtrodden Up

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Bonfire Madigan

Madigan Shive, also known as Bonfire Madigan Shive, is an American songwriter, performing artist, community organizer, and musician. Shive is a cellist, singer and guitarist, formerly of the band Tattle Tale and now fronting her own ensemble, Bonfire Madigan. She composes symphonic pieces and performs for live theatre and film. She was a part of the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s and her songs have been included in independent feature and documentary films. more »

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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
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 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 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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