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Song Info
Genre
Alternative • Alt Power Pop
Charts
Peak #395
Peak in subgenre #36
Author
Steve Meko
Rights
Steve Meko/Minitrue Music
Uploaded
October 19, 2006
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MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:18
Story behind the song
This is a protest song about a nuclear powered battleship named "Iowa" that was docked in Staten Island New York (where our band was from)in the Eighties....
Lyrics
Iowa Words and Music by Steve Meko The locals believe there's strength in numbers They've come to protest at their shore You see their ship had just come in A Gift they hadn't bargained for Chorus: Iowa maneuvers itself into place Another notch in a senseless race Is this supposed to make us safe? Now we're a target to be erased. The wind just blew in our direction Seems we're the lucky ones today This Trojan horse in our backyard Out where the view has turned to grey Iowa radiates in silence As genes mutate and fade away The people speak, it goes unnoticed Well what's left when you have no say? Bridge: Remember that accidents can happen This is the place that I call home So You can take your chances elsewhere And leave this Island to it's own. The local believe there's strength in numbers They've come to stand up Raise their voice You see it's time a line is drawn Before we lose the right of choice Repeat Chorus
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