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They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes

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Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the center of Universe

(1993)

(1999)

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
97 times	06 Jul 1985 @ Keystone - Palo Alto (CA-US)	25 Aug 2023 @ Holliday Park - Indianapolis (IN-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Feb 19th 2016	Saint Rocke - Hermosa Beach (CA)
Feb 10th 2017	One Love Cali Reggae Fest - Long Beach (CA)
Mar 10th 2017	Magic Hat Brewery - Burlington (VT)
Mar 25th 2017	Bud Light Reggaefest - West Dover (VT)
Aug 30th 2017	Rocks Off Boat Cruise - New York (NY)
Feb 1st 2018	Cornerstone - Berkeley (CA)
Jun 29th 2018	Levitt Pavillion - Los Angeles (CA)
Aug 8th 2018	Gebouw T - Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Aug 18th 2018	Paddy's Beach Club - Westerly (RI)
Dec 19th 2018	The Music Box - San Diego (CA)

Found on these live recordings

53 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Jul 6th 1985	Keystone - Palo Alto (CA)	Audience
	Dec 13th 1985	Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles (CA)	Audience
	Dec 27th 1985	Keystone - Palo Alto (CA)	FM/TV Broadcast
	May 17th 1986	UCSB Extravaganza - Santa Barbara (CA)	Soundboard
	Dec 10th 1988	Pine Street Theater - Portland (OR)	Audience
	Nov 29th 1991	Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL)	Audience
	May 3rd 1992	Barton Hall - Ithaca (NY)	Audience
	May 3rd 1992	Barton Hall - Ithaca (NY)	Audience
	Jul 25th 1992	Brixton Academy - London (GB)	Audience
	Sep 18th 1992	Warfield Theater - San Francisco (CA)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 5 videos

Found in 6 full show videos

Lyrics

I had a dream that I was disgusted
It was a scene where gold had rusted
They took the homes of the people who trusted
The one up high be he only lusted
Things of material worth & gender
Destroy all things that are pure & tender
They took my homes and all of my gardens
To build a tall building people could work in
And now my family lives in the street
With lots of pride but nothing to eat
They took my dream and now you see what I mean
All just because he wanted all the green
They all have abandoned their hopes
They've discarded their dreams

Death to the corporate
The yuppie scum cloud up the earth
Shine people shine
And never abandon your turf
You must say Oh No!
When the depression hand licks
When the depression foot kicks
And you're locked in the dungeon
When the keys gotten ridden of
Sink in a tsunami of sadness
Grab onto the key of gladness
And don't abandon your hopes for no one
Even in the worst of situations
Because in this society
Which was not made for you or me So
They all have abandoned their homes
They've discarded their dreams

Limitations and almost marshal law
And robots with badges and quick draw
Just lights and glitter and garbage underneath
And the raging oppressed
With razor sharp teeth

They took him to the city jail
Hail the conformist, Hail the bureaucrats

Them Ah chase them homeless
Them Ah chase them homeless
Rat Race City
Rat Race City
I pray the Lord my soul to take
And the ground began to shake

And the whirlybirds of death
To light atop the skyscrapers

To finish off all the rest