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Artist: Will Oldham
Canonical path: /will-oldham/idea-and-deed
Related lyric paths: 6
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Idea And Deed
Read Idea And Deed lyrics by Will Oldham on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Idea And Deed
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what's the winter's cold negative press
what's the spring with its air of rebirth
to those felled under wildest duress
trading freedom for a false sense of worth
let the love of our own sacred rites
to the love of our people succeed
let friendship and future unite
and flourish in idea and deed
let the costume distinguish the strong
place riches in lowest esteem
it's for excess that people do wrong
and to liberty honesties lean
letting one minute go on
without seeing yourself with an eye
that is watchful and kindly and strong
is as letting the soul drop and die
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Will Oldham performs "Idea And Deed", and this lyric page sits inside the Will Oldham catalog on LyroVerse.
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