EstimatedProphet
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Tue Jul-20-04 01:07 PM
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For America-Jackson Browne |
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Lyrics as appropriate today as when they were written...
As if I really didn't understand That I was just another part of their plan I went off looking for the promise Believing in the Motherland And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed And the safety of my own head I went on speaking of the future While other people fought and bled The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America It's in my blood and in my bones By the dawn's early light By all I know is right We're going to reap what we have sown
As if freedom was a question of might As if loyalty was black and white You hear people say it all the time- "My country wrong or right" I want to know what that's got to do With what it takes to find out what's true With everyone from the President on down Trying to keep it from you
The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms Who send their sons to the Vietnams Will they really think their way of life Has been protected as the next war comes? I have prayed for America I was made for America Her shining dream plays in my mind By the rockets red glare A generation's blank stare We better wake her up this time
The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America I can't let go till she comes around Until the land of the free Is awake and can see And until her conscience has been found
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Tue Jul-20-04 01:10 PM
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That's really good lyrics!
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EstimatedProphet
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Tue Jul-20-04 01:37 PM
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and dead-on for what we're going through these days. Funny, I used to hear this song on classic rock stations a lot during the 80's. Haven't heard it since then I think...
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Tue Jul-20-04 01:59 PM
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3. "Lives in the Balance" is one of my favorite albums. |
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"For America" & "Lives in the Balance" are both great songs. And both relevant today.
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Tue Jul-20-04 02:23 PM
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4. I saw Jackson Browne in concert last summer.... |
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...and he said he son asked him to start singing "lives in the balance again" because the song seemed just as relevant now as it did when it wrote it during the Reagan years. Jackson Browne is awesome! He writes songs from his heart.
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Tue Jul-20-04 03:03 PM
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5. Also great from him is "I AM A PATRIOT" |
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I was walking with my brother And he wondered what's on my mind I said what I believe in my soul Ain't what I see with my eyes And we can't turn our backs this time
I am a patriot And I love my county Because my country is all I know I want to be with my family The people who understand me I've got nowhere else to go
And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday
And I was talking with my sister She looked so fine I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?" She said, "I want to run like the lion Released from the cages Released from the rages Burning in my heart tonight"
And I ain't no communist And I ain't no capitalist And I ain't no socialist And I ain't no imperialist And I ain't no democrat And I ain't no republican I only know one party And it is freedom
I am, I am, I am I am a patriot And I love my country Because my county is all I know
And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous And the river opens for the righteous Someday
And the river opens for the righteous...
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