{"id":5028,"date":"2018-09-19T18:26:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=5028"},"modified":"2018-09-19T23:53:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T23:53:14","slug":"some-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=5028","title":{"rendered":"some people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my Marxist class I had to write a paper on Chapter 1 of Das Kapital and during this week of reading it became apparent that Marx, like most famous dead people, get’s his name thrown around a lot, not necessarily correctly. Ron Sexsmith wrote a fantastic song about this regarding Elvis Presley. It was on the record Grand Opera Lane (his best record if you ask any biased person that looks like me).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They say “get back dead man get back to your throne”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If they just confessed he was only flesh and bone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people some people<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They’ll dig up the dirty laundry right after he’s gone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A man can’t defend himself in the great unknown<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people some people<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Why don’t they stay away just let him rest in peace<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He’s living in Las Vegas on an isle in Greece<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He’s on the cover of another rag now<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He’s the father of somebody’s child<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wasn’t it enough for him to give his own life?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Without all this nonsense running wild?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They say “get back dead man get back to your throne”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If to heaven I go hope there ain’t no telephone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people some people<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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