Name: Sheriff Joe
Duration: P00H02M49S
Description: Joe Arpaio is the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. His abuses of power are well-documented, but we hope that this song serves to remind and inspire people to help remove him from office.

Sheriff Joe

from Dancing In The Streets by The Haymarket Squares

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Joe Arpaio is the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. His abuses of power are well-documented, but we hope that this song serves to remind and inspire people to help remove him from office.

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SHERIFF JOE

Law enforcement has become a joke around here
The biggest terrorist in town is ruling us with fear
Silencing his critics and arresting all his foes
He’s the people’s enemy, that Sheriff Joe

The toughest sheriff has a stack of warrants he ignores
So he can focus on a war he’s waged against the poor
Punishment for all who have a victimless vice
And he doesn’t care if it destroys your life

Sheriff Joe’s got an evil heart, Sheriff Joe’s got an evil mind
Sheriff Joe’s got simple, evil answers when it comes to crime
Sheriff Joe’s got an ugly problem ‘cause the people finally know
The truth about Arpaio, now it’s time for Joe to go

He brags about the prison meals at only 20 cents
140 Fahrenheit inside their crowded tents
He doesn’t care about the legal rights that he’s defiled
And many haven’t even had a trial

In ’96 an inmate took a tent stake to the head
In ’03 the Aryans beat a man to death
A diabetic woman needed insulin and begged
Arpaio’s crew just let her die instead
So many more lives on Arpaio’s head

He should get on his knees and publicly confess his sins
Take a photo op and turn his resignation in
It’s law enforcement based on the color of your skin
This is for the ones murdered at Arpaio’s inn

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from Dancing In The Streets, released July 7, 2010
Written by Mark Sunman. Performed by Mark Sunman (mandolin, vocals), John Luther Norris (guitar, vocals) and Marc Oxborrow (bass, vocals), with special guest Lauren Jacobson (violin)

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Arizona's finest purveyors of punkgrass! Righteous anger meets 4-part harmonies and bluegrass instruments for a moshpit hoedown.

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