The Dust Bowl (Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" Parody) | Feat. @MrBettsClass

Mr. Beat and Mr. Betts team up to sing about the Dust Bowl to the tune of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks."

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Instrumental by Lt. Aldo Raine. Music by Foster the People. Produced and performed by Matt Beat and Tim Betts. All images found in the public domain or created by Matt Beat.

Lyrics:

Farmers got some cheap land

Bought it around the plains, they all had some big plans

(but) they over plowed all their fields

Took out all the topsoil, and deep-rooted grasses

Yeah, they thought the plow would bring rain

But rain never came, and this lasted for years

1930s, the wind picked up

And it darkened the sky, and it wouldn’t let up

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, outrun the dust

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, before the dust comes

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, outrun the dust

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, before the dust comes

The Dust Bowl made for dark days

It would it make seem late, in the middle of days

And it made the air hard to breathe

Could not escape Black Blizzards even going inside

And they would travel miles

You could see the Dust Bowl as far as New York City

Forced thousands to ‘bandon farms

The Okies left everything to head to California

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, outrun the dust

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, before the dust comes

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, outrun the dust

All the citizens move away from the Plains

You better run, better run, before the dust comes

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