WOW! CHECK THIS ORIGINAL ANTI-WAR SONG OUT! it was created at DU by two members and it's pure magic!

He took an anti-war poem I wrote a while back and decorated it with genius. This baby rocks and I'm going to create some strong graphic imagery for a contest at YOUTUBE when I return from the VA. do you folks mind keeping it kicked for a couple of hours? It's obvious he worked very hard on this music.

here's where we first collaborated to build the chorus:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2900460#2900660

and here's the MP3 link:
http://www.awolcowboy.com/mp3/No_More_War.mp3

No More War

If I could give them eyes to see - past profits from a war
Perhaps Iraq could then be free - to live, just like before
Perhaps they'd see it clear as day - by seeing their own child
blowing other peoples' kids away - in conflict, now gone wild

If I could give them ears to hear - the muffled cries at night
Perhaps they'd listen to the fear - of missiles taking flight
Perhaps they'd hear a mothers' cry - weeping for her son
who bought into a vicious lie - which truly serves no one

(Chorus)

If I could give them hearts to feel - the sorrow and the pain
Perhaps they'd taste the blood of death - as missions go insane
Perhaps they'd feel their bones break - when hidden bombs explode
near a child who fights for freedoms' sake - along a dusty road

If I could give them minds to think - about the greater cost
Perhaps we only win at war - when we measure what we've lost
Perhaps they'd learn, to truly win - we simply end the game
that measures score in countless death - on walls too black to name

Chorus:
When will soldiers dying ever win a war?
When will leaders learn it's not a game-day score?
When will people scream like they never have before?
Take the streets:
Raise your fist!
say “no more war!”
“no more war!”

musicians are sensitive unlike horses butt ex-media writers like me. We of the liberal media are used to getting kicked around give me a :kick: and you'll see! lol

:yourock:

I suspect it's like decent writing, it improves with every draft. if I posted my first drafts around here, i'd look like the village idiot...

Okay, I heard your thoughts on that last sentence and you're wrong I'm the website idiot. Like Mae West said, just be sure and spell the name right (without an apostrophe.)

There were some pops in the vocals, so I recorded them and added a couple other tracks as well...

http://www.awolcowboy.com/mp3/No_More_War.mp3

for tomorrow night... be sure your DU pass-word is working zulu.

Love it ... keep it kicked for the poets and songwriters among us!!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

I can't wait to see your graphics added to the mix. Your lyrics certainly show how you feel.

Bravo!

It reminds me a little of Roky Erikson.

You rock!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson

"The Elevators (Roky's band) were vocal proponents of LSD and marijuana use..."

:think: :smoke: :hi:

but if these war-criminals and traitors break my heart they'll be great! BTW, just winning the house isn't enough! If we settle for that tid-bit, with the way America is moving, we're fools that just got Diebolded where the sun don't shine.

--IMM

and that makes 5.


excellent.

:kick:

:grouphug: for all the poets and songwriters

Hekate