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I’m getting old

My property taxes rise

I can see a future of tighter budgets

But, I’ll still vote FOR the levy

My son was educated here

Graduated from U of I

Had to move to the city for work

But, I’ll still vote FOR the levy

I moved to this territory

Forty-three years now

Put food by, the nation may collapse

But, I’ll still vote FOR the levy

I embrace the old land families

They work the land, forest, and wildlife

There’s a new crop of survivalist,

Militant, strategic, packing, strutting

Hell, I was a little bit there myself

But, I’ll still vote FOR the levy

If I believe in anything about us

It is that our churches, schools

And government buildings

Are where our institutions of hope

Try to make good out of the mess

We call humanity

JERRY LUTHER

Sagle