Golden Country

[bighart]

Wife was just listening to "Golden Country" by REO Speedwagon and I felt compelled to post some of the lyrics, they are as applicable today as they were when it was written:

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand

Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......

[bighart]

1. By the way this was released in 1972.

[sixmile]

2. Album version here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VqY9dp8SE

Love it!

I was just listening to 'Like You Do' from the same album, I believe.

[bighart]

3. And both written by Gary Richrath

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. The live version is my favorite. n/t

[bighart]

5. Any commentary on the lyrics?

Things sure haven't changed much have they.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. Just that they are even more appropriate now than they were originally it seems.

I posted this very thing a year or two ago...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5733927

[bighart]

7. As I think more about this it pisses me off that things are still the same.

We have had the means to produce a society that raises the prospects and standard of living for everyone but the vast majority of people choose to live in their own little worlds and ignore the suffering of those around them.

[midnight]

8. K&R.