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Old 03-21-2021, 11:00 AM
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It's a no from me, seeing as it's only my second favourite on the album, after Unbroken. It is a good song musically, although as has been said it does sound a bit too much like Dry County.

It's definitely interesting to see Jon do a full-on protest song (albeit one that ended up being released way too late in the day), but lyrically it's a bit clumsy, not being sure if it wants to be a straightforward first-person story through the eyes of an immigrant, or a condemnation of Trump with just a few too many metaphors. And is "I'm a Russian hack by trade", arguably the climax of the song and sung twice no less, up there with "Remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes" and "By the way my name is Jones" as one of the stupidest lyrics Jon has ever written? I think it might be!
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