On this very crappy Friday of this very crappy week, let's have an inspirational sing along...

Sapphire Blue

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Fri May-25-07 05:24 PM
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On this very crappy Friday of this very crappy week, let's have an inspirational sing along...

I'm Takin' My Country Back!: http://www.crocuta.net/PoliticalAV/takinmycountryback.mp3

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Fridays Child

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Fri May-25-07 05:29 PM
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1. Made me smile.

Thanks. :)

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Solly Mack

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Fri May-25-07 05:35 PM
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2. ...

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the sky
Oh oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown.....

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Sapphire Blue

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Fri May-25-07 06:00 PM
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4. Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie Safka & the Edwin Hawkins Singers - YouTube Video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9sjMGUM9k

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Solly Mack

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Fri May-25-07 06:18 PM
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5. I love that! Thank you for posting it!!

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Sapphire Blue

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Sat May-26-07 12:20 PM
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28. You're welcome... and thanks for posting the lyrics, which prompted me to go looking for the video!

Edited on Sat May-26-07 12:20 PM by Sapphire Blue

:hi:

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etherealtruth

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Fri May-25-07 07:20 PM
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10. Oh my gosh ...

I haven't heard or thought about that song since I was a young child

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conscious evolution

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Fri May-25-07 05:42 PM
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3. We need some Positive Friction

http://www.archive.org/download/donna2006-03-26.flac16/donna2006-03-26d1t04_64kb.mp3

Chorus:
Positive friction, under the upper crust
What does all this Hollywood really have to do with us
True grit, timeless love
There's no reason to pretend
Lets get together and become natural once again
Natural once again

There is a certain vibe, circulating in the air
Cast from all the energy that emanates from everywhere
Ah, such a lovely truth
Beginning to unfold
It's our brothers and sisters
All coming in from the cold...Natural once again

There's a family growing
I've seen it with my own two eyes
There's something that we're all knowing
I hope its spreading like a wild fire
Back to a place one might call home

We have our own heroes
They're dancing in the living room
We're busy, busy counting out from zero
Not one minute too soon
Back to a place one might call home

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Swede

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Fri May-25-07 06:23 PM
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6. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day youll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And youll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
Ive watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

Theres so many different worlds
So many differents suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the suns gone to hell
And the moons riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But its written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
Were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

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EFerrari

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Fri May-25-07 06:25 PM
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7. YAHOOOOOOOO!

I'm there!

:toast:

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Catshrink

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Fri May-25-07 06:32 PM
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8. How about a little Neil Young?

"Let's Impeach The President"

Let's impeach the President for lying
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door

Who's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
They bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let's impeach the President for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones

What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government's protection
Or was someone just not home that day?

Let's impeach the president for hijacking
Our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected

Thank god he's cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There's lots of people looking at big trouble
But of course our president is clean.

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lonestarnot

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Sat May-26-07 12:05 PM
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26. THANK GOD

for Neil Young!

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ReadTomPaine

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Fri May-25-07 06:48 PM
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9. Here's my pick.

Edited on Fri May-25-07 06:49 PM by ReadTomPaine

God money I'll do anything for you.
God money just tell me what you want me to.
God money nail me up against the wall.
God money don't want everything he wants it all.

No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.

God money's not looking for the cure.
God money's not concerned with the sick among the pure.
God money lets go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
God money's not one to choose
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.

Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
You're going to get what you deserve.

You know who you are."

How's that?

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Initech

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Fri May-25-07 07:34 PM
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11. Or how about one from the new album:

I pushed a button and elected him to office and uh!
He pushed a button and it dropped a bomb
You pushed the button and could watch it on the television
Those motherfuckers didn't last too long uh-uh!
I'm sick of hearing about the have's and the have not's
Have some personal accountability
The biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is
The more we let you have the less that I'll be keeping for me

Well I used to stand for something
Now I'm on my hands and knees
Traded in my god for this one
And he signs his name with a capital G

Don't give a shit about the temperature in Guatemala
Don't really see what all the fuss is about

Ain't gonna worry about no future generations and uh!
I'm sure somebody gonna figure it out
Don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person
You haven't had enough to know what its like
You're only angry cause you wish you were in my position
Now nod your head because you know that I'm right, alright!

Well I used to stand for something
But forgot what that could be
There's a lot of me inside you
Maybe you're afraid to see

Well I used to stand for something
Now I'm on my hands and knees
Traded in my god for this one
And he signs his name with a capital G

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etherealtruth

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Fri May-25-07 07:35 PM
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13. I pul;led out my CD and listened to this several times on my drive home

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri May-25-07 07:34 PM
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12. I was gonna say if you start out with Kum Bay Yah

you're gonna find yourself in real trouble.

You lucked out big time.

:rofl:

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Madspirit

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Fri May-25-07 07:37 PM
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14. Just the lyrics ...from an old hippie

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
words and music by Pete Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri May-25-07 07:49 PM
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16. Joining you in the old hippie corner! Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

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Madspirit

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Fri May-25-07 08:38 PM
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17. That was my other choice! Cool...and Peace With You...n/t

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri May-25-07 08:46 PM
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18. Peace with you too!

:hi:

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flvegan

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Fri May-25-07 07:42 PM
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15. "State of the Union"

"State Of The Union"

If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks
The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea

Countdown, to the very end,
Equality, an invitation that we wont extend
Ready aim, pull the trigger now,
in time you firmly secure your place in hell

State of the union address,
reads war torn country still a mess
the words: power, death, and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue

Your place in hell

'Guilty' is what our graves will read,
no years, no family, we did
nothing (nothing) to stop the murder of
a people just like us

"State of the Union" by Rise Against. I'm inspired.

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Hekate

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Fri May-25-07 09:48 PM
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19. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream...

Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
words and music by Ed McCurdy

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war

I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again

And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed

And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd never dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.

TRO-�1950,1951 & 1955 Almanac Music, Inc.
New York, N.Y. Copyrights renewed

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Hekate

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Fri May-25-07 09:50 PM
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20. All the weary mothers of the Earth will finally rest...

All the weary mothers

All the weary mothers of the earth will finally rest
We will take their babies in our arms and do our best
When the sun is low upon the field
To love and music they will yield
And the weary mothers of the earth shall rest

And the farmer on his tractor and beside his plow
Will stand there in confusion as we wet his brow
With the tears of all the businessmen
Who see what they have done to him
And the weary farmers of the earth shall rest

And the aching workers of the world again shall sing
These words in mighty choruses to all will bring
"We shall no longer be the poor
For no one owns us anymore"
And the workers of the world again shall sing

And when the soldiers burn their uniforms in every land
The foxholes at the borders will be left unmanned
General, when you come for the review
The troops will have forgotten you
And the men and women of the earth shall rest

� 1971, 1972 Chandos Music (ASCAP)
Words and Music by Joan Baez

Sung by Joan Baez at Camp Casey, Crawford Texas, August 20, 2005

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Hekate

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Fri May-25-07 09:55 PM
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21. Thanks, Sapphire B. Music helps heal the soul, even when played in the mind. nt

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ClayZ

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Fri May-25-07 10:39 PM
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22. Thanks, Saphire Blue!

I needed that! K and R

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caligirl

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Fri May-25-07 11:30 PM
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23. 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.

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FloridaJudy

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Fri May-25-07 11:39 PM
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24. Normally, I'm no Country Music fan

But I love this song! I'm forwarding it on to friends and family. I'm afraid it's going to be my next "ear worm". Thanks, Sapphire Blue.

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jasmeel

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Sat May-26-07 12:01 PM
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25. Thanks!

Edited on Sat May-26-07 12:03 PM by jasmeel

:grouphug: :yourock: Who is this?

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Sapphire Blue

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Sat May-26-07 12:13 PM
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27. The singer is Tony Stampley; here's an article about the making of the song:

Edited on Sat May-26-07 12:17 PM by Sapphire Blue

October 15, 2004
Country Music's Other Voice: The Making of "Takin' My Country Back"
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

A group of Nashville music industry professionals, calling themselves the Honky Tonkers for Truth, decided it was time that a country song take issue with Presidential policy, (much like Darryl Worley's, Have You Forgotten and Toby Keith's, Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue speak in favor of it). They had no problem finding a hit-songwriter, a professional studio, and top-drawer session players and engineers, all who were willing to donate their talents and services and, to stand up and be counted as country music's "other voice."

What they had in a matter of days was, Takin' My Country Back, penned by David Kent (Austin by Blake Shelton and other country hits), a stone-cold country song clearly criticizing the President's record. With just a "demo vocal" of the song, they went directly to the top: Tim Dubois (President, Universal South Records); Mike Dungan (President, Capitol Records); Don Cook (Producer, Brooks & Dunn); Garth Fundis (Producer, Trisha Yearwood) for starters. Without exception, these Music Row executives loved the song. What the Honky Tonkers for Truth had on their hands was a hit...almost.

What they didn't have was a "brand name" singer willing to put his/her career on the line by singing a song with a critical message. The Honky Tonkers for Truth are comprised of successful songwriters, publishers, producers, musicians, and attorneys. Even with their combined contacts, the best they could get from the "star" country artists they queried (all self-proclaimed Democrats) was a "maybe" and then, when their managers caught wind of it, "Sorry...and good luck."

Enter, Tony Stampley, one of Nashville's most respected session singers and son of country legend, Joe Stampley. Tony's stellar performance of Takin My Country Back and his willingness, rather, his passion and enthusiasm, to be a part of country music's "other voice" inspired the Honky Tonkers for Truth to take the song directly to the world via radio, the internet, and any other means possible.

Continued @ http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/04/10/ale04066.html

Edited to add: I first heard the song on the Thom Hartmann show quite some time ago... then went a-googling to find it :) .

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G_Leo_Criley

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Sat May-26-07 12:28 PM
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29. an american tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk7wtVHpF8M

glc

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