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John Oaks is in the neighborhood
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Protecting all the trees
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He's the master of irrigation
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And he knows what he sees
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Grape farmers watering everywhere
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Pipes running where they please
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John sees his laws are broken
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Trees drowning where they breathe
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Now John used to be a mellow man
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Drinking Chai and smoking weed
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Ain't no one in the county
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Ever see'd whatever he see'd
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Old John rides in his pickup
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With rakes and friends in the back
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Workers he takes with him
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Then he drives them all back
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To protect them from the politicians
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Using them to get ahead
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Preying on the people
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Trying to get inside their heads
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John Oaks is really stand-up
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He won't take shit lying down
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He calls it like he sees it
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And he puts his money down
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One day at the demonstration
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John Oaks was standing up
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He arrived there at the location
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In his old pickup truck
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Took a rake in his hand
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And his workers by his side
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Stood there waiting for his turn
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To speak and turn the tide
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When he found himself surrounded
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By police everywhere
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They tried to take his workers to jail
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When he grabbed one by his hair
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Shots rang out and people yelled
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As the police took control
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Shot a black man right where he fell
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With a sniper on the knoll
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John Oaks saw law and order
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Was leading him astray
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Tried to get back in his pickup
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With his workers to get away
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That's when the police moved in
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And stood there in his way
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John started up his pickup
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And that was his last day
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They said he had a pistol
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When the old pickup backfired
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And shot him there behind the wheel
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And then John Oaks expired
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The workers grabbed the rakes
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And that's all that I can say
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They went to the cemetery
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And they stay there to this day
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