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Not Up For Sale

from s​/​t by TheBandFormerlyKnownAsFuel

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I want to break like I've never broken
I want to tear like I've never torn
I want to speak like I've never spoken
I want to breathe like the day I was born

If you stand on the backs of others
If you drink from the sweat of others
If you stand on the backs of others
You are warned. You are warned!

And it's not something you can put a price on
Though you've been planning it all along
Deeper than items ever go
It's your weakness, we well know
Not something that you can forget
Nor buy, steal, or market
Deeper than monetary greed
Your exploitation plants my seeds

But it's not up for sale
Not up for sale
Not up for sale
Not up for sale
...are you?

I'm looking for something I have not found
Consistency, foundations sound
I'm looking for something I have not found
Will I find it? Will I find it?

If you stand on the backs of others
If you drink from the sweat of others
If you stand on the backs of others
You are warned. You are warned!

And it's more than your urge to complete
We're dealing with emotions here
More than marketing strategies
Uncompromising! Something you fear

Not something you can utilize
Buy, steal, or compromise
Your greed plants my seeds
Your greed is killing me!

But it's not up for sale
Not up for sale
Not up for sale
Not up for sale
...are you?

Did you put a price?

A spirit that can not be measured
By the might of the dollar bill
A raw emotion true and whole
The foundation for my will
And you don't put a price
On what you value in life

And another one goes up for sale
Another one goes up for sale
Another one goes up for sale
Another one goes up for sale
Are you up for sale?

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from s​/​t, released September 1, 1990
Lyrics: Kirsch
Music: Allison, Arroyo, Kirsch, Stofan

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TheBandFormerlyKnownAsFuel Berkeley, California

Fuel was:
Jim Allison
Aaron Arroyo
Sarah Kirsch
Jeff Stofan

We met up in the Bay area in 1989. We found our community at Gilman St and the MRR house. We were supported by Very Small Records, Lookout, Rough Trade, Ebullition, Allied Recordings and Broken Rekids. As a footnote, we opened once for Fugazi.
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