Art is Never Free

from Notes To My Blood by theythem

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lyrics

Sara takes notes
Learned to watch and fix
Taught herself piano at five
Mastered all the notes by six

Daddy beats her mom
Screams "It's for your own good!"
Trapped in her cage
Learns to bottle up her rage
Like a good girl should

Seventeen comes
She shows a rockin' tune or twelve
Now the kids all know her name

"Play it, Sara!" The pulsing throng
Is laughing, dancing, singing along
"Who gives a shit how your life went wrong?
All we want is another free song!

All we want is another free song!"

Little Sara sings
Teenage Sara screams
Grown-up Sara belts and holds her own
Working hard to keep it alive
Now that all her fans have grown

Billy runs the show
Seasons wounds with his salt
Says, over brunch
"Tuck your tits up in a bunch."
Tells her "It's your fault."

Out on the stage
She calls for change to even the score
But the crowd barks out again
And again
And again
And again

"Shake it, Sara! You talk too long.
Back to poppin', where you belong!
We're glad to pay for a peak at your thong!
But all we want is another free song!
All we want is another free..."

OH, leave 'em, Sara! Shout it out strong!
Don't waste your life on a lazy, dumb throng
They think they're smart
But they're doing it wrong

'Cuz all they want is another free song.

All they want is another free song.

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from Notes To My Blood, released June 8, 2016

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"This is not your average Folk radio. The sound that [theythem] creates is pure gold, and Notes to My Blood is a charming, artistic record, that will draw new and old fans alike."

- No Depression, The Journal of Roots Music

"Tasteful and refined, Chris Norwood’s 'Year of the Bear' represents the future of folk."

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