[00:07.00]John Oaks is in the neighborhood
[00:09.74]Protecting all the trees
[00:12.48]He's the master of irrigation
[00:15.87]And he knows what he sees
[00:18.78]
[00:19.87]Grape farmers watering everywhere
[00:22.52]Pipes running where they please
[00:25.37]John sees his laws are broken
[00:28.80]Trees drowning where they breathe
[00:31.66]
[00:32.29]Now John used to be a mellow man
[00:36.39]Drinking Chai and smoking ****
[00:38.94]Ain't no one in the county
[00:42.39]Ever see'd whatever he see'd
[00:45.23]
[00:45.78]John Oaks, John Oaks
[00:52.12]John Oaks, John Oaks
[00:57.42]
[00:58.61]Old John rides in his pickup
[01:02.70]With rakes and friends in the back
[01:05.85]Workers he takes with him
[01:09.24]Then he drives them all back
[01:11.83]
[01:12.38]To protect them from the politicians
[01:16.06]Using them to get ahead
[01:18.81]Preying on the people
[01:22.75]Trying to get inside their heads
[01:25.29]
[01:25.89]John Oaks is really stand-up
[01:28.98]He won't take ****t lying down
[01:32.92]He calls it like he sees it
[01:35.86]And he puts his money down
[01:38.31]
[01:38.71]John Oaks, John Oaks
[01:44.00]John Oaks, John Oaks
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[01:51.97]One day at the demonstration
[01:55.81]John Oaks was standing up
[01:59.05]He arrived there at the location
[02:02.14]In his old pickup truck
[02:05.18]
[02:05.77]Took a rake in his hand
[02:08.97]And his workers by his side
[02:12.56]Stood there waiting for his turn
[02:16.06]To speak and turn the tide
[02:18.95]
[02:19.50]When he found himself surrounded
[02:22.79]By police everywhere
[02:26.33]They tried to take his workers to jail
[02:29.77]When he grabbed one by his hair
[02:32.62]
[02:33.02]John Oaks, John Oaks
[02:36.51]John Oaks, John Oaks
[02:46.29]
[02:47.20][02:39.90]Shots rang out and people yelled
[02:50.34]As the police took control
[02:53.34]Shot a black man right where he fell
[02:56.63]With a sniper on the knoll
[02:59.47]
[02:59.87]John Oaks saw law and order
[03:03.41]Was leading him astray
[03:06.91]Tried to get back in his pickup
[03:10.09]With his workers to get away
[03:12.94]
[03:13.39]That's when the police moved in
[03:16.38]And stood there in his way
[03:19.64]John started up his pickup
[03:23.28]And that was his last day
[03:26.41]
[03:26.91]John Oaks, John Oaks
[03:33.19]John Oaks, John Oaks
[03:39.52]
[03:40.03]They said he had a pistol
[03:57.67]When the old pickup backfired
[04:00.96]And shot him there behind the wheel
[04:05.14]And then John Oaks expired
[04:08.49]
[04:08.99]The workers grabbed the rakes
[04:11.03]And that's all that I can say
[04:14.52]They went to the cemetery
[04:17.86]And they stay there to this day
[04:21.51]
[04:22.01]John Oaks, John Oaks
[04:26.66]John Oaks, John Oaks
[04:34.79]
[04:35.44]John Oaks, John Oaks
[04:49.32]John Oaks,John Oaks