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Heartland USA - Live

from Live and Acoustic by The Mutineers

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Recorded in Bremerton, WA at Rimbert Illustrations by Jack Parker (Homegrown Recording Co.) on 6/20/22

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When Johnny was a teenage boy, Timmy blew that building away
Down in OKC, Down in OKC
He stared into the TV set, he couldn’t pull his eyes away
He thought of all the bodies and debris up in the air
He thought it would be beautiful to witness it from there
And all those perfect people who never seemed to care
The world’s fucked up so I’ll go on a tear
In Heartland USA

The son of wealthy parents in a gated community
Fourteen years of solitude; his social poverty
Ate him up inside, Are him up inside
Then boredom pushed his hand and confusion broke his mind
He thought it would beautiful if all of us would die
So he took his daddy’s gun and all the ammo he could find
And that’s the first time that he cried
In Heartland USA


The sad part of the story is you know how it’s gonna end
One more Columbine, one more suicide
We all start pointing fingers like we’re children at the zoo
The red, white, and blue, the red, white, and blue
It’s not some other country or somebody else’s kids
We’re all a bit demented from the lives that we all live
Lives that we all live, lives that we all live
It’s not just in the ghetto or some fucked up podunk town
It’s running in our blood stream the countdown

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from Live and Acoustic, released October 28, 2022

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The Mutineers Portland, Oregon

The Mutineers are a rock duo that blends the twangy influences of Johnny and June with the punk vibe of John Doe and Exene, and the dark sounds of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. Husband and wife Brian Mathusek and Merry Young have been living mostly on the road since 2017, completing 5 national tours in 3 years. ... more

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