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from Seven Years by Jacob Mau

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They hauled my daddy off to jail
Next time I saw him he was silent and frail
The bombs they fell and the bullets flew
I still have no idea how we made it through
Over that border in a rumbling diesel truck
Was it an all-powerful protecting hand
Or just dumb luck?
The barbed wire and land mines weren’t so kind
To all the others we left behind

We’re taking pictures and signing our names
Climbing up into a giant airplane
With six one-way tickets to the promised land
When we get there what will we do--
My parents and my brothers and my grandma too?
With six one-way tickets to the promised land

They bombs they fall and the bullets fly
You were there, now you’re here
And I don’t know why
Like two dozen angels in disguise
I see them sometimes when I pray
And I open my eyes
Laughing and singing to me that divine song
Singing,
"Something good still grows in the
Middle of all that’s gone wrong"
I remember long ago somebody told me
That one day the blood of the wicked’s
Gonna fill the sea

We called out for our lives and we ran
But you, you were born in the promised land
So safe, so free, so far away
Oh brother I’ve wept and I’ve wandered too
But I know exactly what I’ve got to do
Before I ever step foot in the Promised Land
Before we ever lay eyes on the Promised Land

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from Seven Years, released February 14, 2014

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Jacob Mau Chicago, Illinois

Jacob Mau spins compelling stories of misfit people and misplaced landscapes oft overlooked by others, and ignored by history. As this year's winner of Chicago's longest-running open mic competition, hosted annually by Uncommon Ground, he is clearly a standout among the city's best singer-songwriters. Good things await this young musician."

-Scott Schaefer
Label Manager
Bloodshot Records
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