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well i woke up this morning and i turned on the news
TV in the morning will just give a soul the blues
an attractive news lady told me it was the first day of spring
and down there in the city the pollution count was crowding 10

but she said 'don't worry, we predicted it would be'
i thought, 'how the hell is that going to help you or me'?

when i was a little boy you know my daddy said to me
always face your problems and never trust authority
you gotta take it on the chin and get a little taste
put your head to the grindstone and look it in the face
when you're a big boy

now my very own little boy, you know he said to me
while he was shooting his bow and arrow at a target beneath a tree
he said 'dad i want to be a hunter when grow up
get some good clean food, stop eating all this junk
when i'm a big boy
dad i'm gonna be a big boy'

now this old world, she's a tired old girl
'cause we have dirtied all her rivers, we've made her air impure
consumerism's killing her and the money lenders choke
if we're ever going to beat this mess,
it's going to take a brand new approach

and son don't you be too much like your dad
chasing each sensation, burning every path
be kind to your mother and do just what you're told
she's giving you the love that's the nutrition for your soul
when you're a big boy
you're gonna be a big boy
you're gonna be loved
you're gonna give love

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from The Prince that Nobody Knows, track released April 11, 2014
chris staig - guitar
jesse whitely - B3 organ
colleen hodgson - bass
paul brennan - drums
coppins - tenor guitar & voice

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COPPINS Toronto, Ontario

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Grier Coppins began his musical career on the street in Toronto playing bagpipes at the corner Yonge & Bloor in the mid 1970's. He was an original member of critically acclaimed Canadian bagpipe/funksters Rare Air in the 1980's. In 1993 he founded Taxi Chain, a rhythm & blues infused cocktail of song & tune. Coppins has played almost every major folk fest in Canada & the USA. ... more

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