Album
Dana Lyons – Cows With Guns Album Lyrics
"Cows With Guns" is Dana Lyons' brilliantly absurd folk protest album that uses barnyard rebellion as a metaphor for resistance against industrial agriculture and corporate oppression. The title track anchors the record with its deadpan delivery and simple acoustic guitar, spinning an increasingly surreal tale of bovine uprising that manages to be both genuinely funny and surprisingly pointed in its environmental messaging. Lyons' earnest folk singer-songwriter style creates a perfect contrast to the ridiculous premise, delivering lines about militant livestock with the same sincerity he brings to more traditional protest songs like "Prayer for This Land." The album works because it never winks at its own absurdity-instead, it commits fully to the bit while sneaking in real commentary about factory farming and environmental destruction, making it both a novelty record and a legitimate piece of activist folk music.
Tracklist
| 1 | Cows With Guns |
| 2 | My Country |
| 3 | Prayer for This Land |
| 4 | If I Had Known |
| 5 | Song for Rod Coronado |
| 6 | Mermaid |
| 7 | Willie Says |
| 8 | Geronimo |
| 9 | Native Forest Song |
| 10 | Canyon |
| 11 | World In Silence |