I Killed a Man (in Minecraft)

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a prison blues confessional, I Killed a Man (in Minecraft) captures the friction felt between rural farming communities and urban carpet-baggers. written and performed by Iron Colon Learn How to Sing Today: https://lostlibraryofcongress.com/learn-music/learn-to-sing for more information, visit https://lostlibraryofcongress.com

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00:00Well, I was working on my farm, just tilling up the land, when some priest of city slicker

00:14walked up and shook my hand, said that he was new in town and moving in next door, my

00:23lonesome little homestead won't be lonely anymore, well he said his name was Steve, at

00:32first he seemed just fine, but the next day I caught that bastard digging in my mine,

00:40he was digging up my diamonds, he was stealing all my gold, the callous nature of his crimes

00:48made my blood run cold, oh I killed a man in Minecraft, I sent him straight to hell,

00:56put fire to his body, then I kicked him down a well, I killed a man in Minecraft, I did

01:05it to be sure, that little thieving Steven won't be stealing anymore, well I tried to

01:15be welcoming, but things really got absurd, when I caught him red-handed, messing with my herd,

01:24he was killing all my chickens, he was milking all my cows, that's when I knew it's time to

01:32take revenge on him somehow, oh I killed a man in Minecraft, drove my pickaxe through his head,

01:40threw him down a deep dark hole, and left him there for dead, I killed a man in Minecraft,

01:48I swear I'll do it again, keep your filthy hands off of my cows, don't touch my fucking hens,

01:56well I burned down his house, and I burned down his barn, set fire to every damn thing on his

02:06shitty little farm, I smashed all his fences down just to make things worse, that's when he

02:15sat upon me and tried to kill me first, oh I killed a man in Minecraft, I stabbed him in the eyes,

02:23then I stood there laughing while he rode around and died, I killed a man in Minecraft,

02:32so you better be polite, every day that he responds, I kill him every night,

02:40they said it was a Christian servant, but that didn't stop me from committing murder,

02:50I killed a man in Minecraft, and I don't regret a thing.

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