Name: No Quarter
Duration: P00H03M13S
Description: bedroom demo

No Quarter

by Jon Berger

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I’m sorry, Mister, I see you’re in pain,
Surely, your misery’s got through to my brain.
But the cash that I’ve got, you just haven’t earned.
No quarter given, no quarter returned.
Yes, I understand, sir, you’re a beggarman.
But, YOU should understand; I’m just not a fan.
Where I come from, dollars are used for exchange;
so no quarter GIVEN, no quarter regained.

No quarter given, no quarter returned.
I’d never ask for something I haven’t earned.
This might be a lesson that you haven’t yet learned.
No quarter given, no quarter returned.

Say you’ve got a home and the army comes by
and they ask to stay for a night or twenty five
and you think you have to let ‘em, don’t be deceived!
No quarter given, no quarter retrieved.
Though in the US there is rare precedent,
just keep them out with the Third Amendment.
That’s the 4D chess game Founding Fathers once played:
No quarter given, no quarter repaid.

No quarter given, no quarter returned.
If you ask for credit from me, you shall be spurned.
Paper favors coinage, since it less rarely burns.
No quarter given, no quarter returned.

If you’ve got a pizza, don’t cut it into fourths.
It’s too much there, it’s hard to hold, it’ll fall if it's in quarts.
When we feed many, divide that pie twice more
and if no quarter’s been received, follow historic lore.
You’ve got a pie in sixteenths, so quarters won’t be ate.
That was all I’d meant to attempt to demonstrate.
But if today, I've been too callous, then reply, too stern:
Well, no quarter given, no quarter returned.

No quarter given, no quarter returned.
You often reap the very thing that you’ve earned.
The karmic wheel offers lessons to learn.
No quarter given, no quarter returned.

No quarter given, no quarter returned.
No quarter given, no quarter returned.

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released April 27, 2020
Jon Berger - lyrics & production
Garageband - Samples

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Jon Berger New York, New York

Jonathan Berger found his place in the AntiFolk scene back in 1994, and began writing short attention span poetry around 1998. He formed JUANBURGUESA in 2002 and thousands of things have been stopping him ever since. Here's most of his recorded output. You should really look for his written work. ... more

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