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You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”
If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.
It’s transcended time
The Clash’s “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”
All over people changing their votes
Along with their old codes
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They’d send a limousine straight away
Tequila
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed, Everybody knows the war is over, Everybody knows the good guys lost, Everybody knows the fight was fixed, The poor stay poor, the rich get rich, That’s how it goes, Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking, Everybody knows the captain lied, Everybody got this broken feeling, Like their father or their dog just died, Everybody talking to their pockets, Everybody wants a box of chocolates, And a long-stem rose, Everybody knows…
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
- Pink Floyd, Time
Right now? “Democranz and republicrats” gets me.
the CEO’s are shredding files
And the democrins and the republicrats
Are flashing their toothy smilesAnd uncle Tom is posing for a photo op with the oval office clan
And uncle Sam is rigging cockfights in the promised land*Ani Difranco, “Serpentine” *
Wear sunscreen Wear sunscreen
Hayes Carll sings, in his American Dream song - “Nothing changes, even when it wants to” and that struck me pretty hard.
Older-
Emmylou Harris the whole Red Dirt Girl song, my goodness but particularly “she loved her brother, I remember back when he was fixin up a '49 Indian. He told her “little sister gonna ride the wind, up around the moon and back again.” Well he never got farther than Vietnam, I was standing there with her when the telegram come.”
@[email protected] my kids absolutely LOVE that Vincent song. It’s so good, straight through.
You can check out, but you can never leave.
Nothing More
“Fade In / Fade Out”Just the other day I looked at my father
It was the first time I saw he’d grown old
Canyons through his skin and the rivers that made them
Carve the stories I was toldHe said, "Son
I have watched you fade in
You will watch me fade out
I have watched you fade in
You will watch me fade out
When the grip leaves my hand
I know you won’t let me downGo and find your way
Leave me in your wake
Always push through the pain
And don’t run away from change
Never settle, make your mark
Hold your head up, follow your heart
Follow your heartNot the full lyrics but a great song that helped me mourn the losses in my life.
As far as story telling, and war goes, “The General” by Dispatch:
[Verse 1]
There was a decorated general with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost, and legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time
On the battlefield, he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on
[Verse 2]
But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream
The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from that night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
And it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home
[Chorus]
He said, "I have seen the others, and I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I’ve seen their mothers
And I will no other
To follow me where I’m going
So take your shower, shine your shoes, you got no time to lose
You are young and you must be living
So take your shower, shine your shoes, you got no time to lose
You are young and you must be living
Go now, you are forgiven"
[Verse 3]
But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with their contradicting orders
The general said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back, and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
[Chorus]
He said, "I have seen the others, and I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I’ve seen their mothers
And I will no other
To follow me where I’m going
[Outro]
Go now, you are forgiven
Go now, you are forgiven
Go now, you are forgiven
Go
“I think you are blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down.”
Everclear - Everything to Everyone
Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South AmericaFighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America“Spreading the Disease” from the album “Operation: Mindcrime” by Queensrÿche (1988)
They call me the hiphoppopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorus
Poppin’ off the top o’ this esophagus
Rockin’ this metropolis
I’m not a large water dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
