"Freedom
For Free"
And
man was born,
He
gave himself a name untorn;
Sketched
borders to abandon
The
pawn's own throne.
A
kingdom,
Denied
its freedom.
Man
tilled minds,
Traded
needs of all kinds;
Tried
in time to swim against tides,
The
hungry sickle still finds.
Freedom
got sold for free,
In
lands of eternity.
Now
we make plastic Gods,
Brick
upon brick in every abode;
Endless
war of crossroads,
Evenly
lost in personal odds.
Freedom
died,
When
Earth cried.
The Replacements formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979, as a punk rock band with guitarist/vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars. Stinson left the band in 1986 and was replaced by Slim Dunlap on lead guitar, and Mars was replaced by Steve Foley in 1990. The group disbanded in 1991. Though they influenced many alternative rock band, their only significant commercial success except for "I'll Be You." Their origins were in 1978 with Stinson and Mars as Dogbreath, before being joined by Westerberg.
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