Name: Buck The System
Duration: 3 min 14 s
Channel: Dwight Lakey
Description: When The Man tries to ride you like a mule, you've got to Buck The System!

Buck The System

Dwight Lakey

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When The Man tries to ride you like a mule, you've got to Buck The System!

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Dwight Lakey

Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.

Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Charts

#13,811 today Peak #72

#741 in subgenre Peak #8

Author

Dwight Lakey

Rights

Dwight Lakey & Brown Barn Publishing

Uploaded

December 04, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:14

Story behind the song

My "System" letter, written back in 1997, is legendary in our family; this song is the follow-up, 12 years later.

Lyrics

BUCK THE SYSTEM
By Dwight Lakey
For my daughter Rachel on her graduation from college

 Intro	         		
Slowly	Sometimes you've gotta spit and it's blowing hard      
		But your Daddy said Don't spit in the wind
		Don't tug on capes; don't pull off masks
		He told you not to fight till you're pinned
				
Verse 1	When you were growing up you would cry and whine
		Your attitude was sassy and proud
		Your daddy told you, Kid, better get in line
		Better march in step along with the crowd
		He told you that The Man was a force to fear
		And to never curse The System out loud
		
Verse 2	The years have come and gone in a hop and skip
		Now you're married with a home of your own
		The System has you locked in a vice-like grip
		You've trimmed your budget down to the bone
		Your daddy says, It's time for another talk
		And for this advice you'd better sit down
	
Chorus	Sometimes you've gotta Buck The System
		Buck The System
		Sometimes you've gotta Buck The System
		Buck The System	
		When The Man tries to ride you like a mule
		You've got to Buck The System

Verse 3	I know my words are coming out like double-talk
		As different as the moon and the sun
		Some days you've got to toe the mark and walk the walk
		Some days you've got to go and have fun
		Some days you've got to tuck your tail and fall in line
		Some days you've got to break out and run

Chorus	repeat

Bridge      Sometimes you've gotta spit and it's blowing hard      
		Sometimes you've gotta spit in the wind
		You've gotta tug on capes; you've gotta pull off masks
		Sometimes you've gotta fight till you win!
		 		
Refrain 	repeat Chorus

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