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Track 2 HOMELESS IN AMERICA: Twenty-One Songs of Social Conscience for the 21st Century
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #197
Peak in subgenre #56
Author
Richard Aberdeen / Daniel Muhammad
Rights
2005 Freedom Tracks Music
Uploaded
August 28, 2005
Track Files
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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:52
Lyrics
THESE DAYS

Back not all that long ago
On the heartland family farm
Fires burning warm at night
Grantin' shelter from the storm
We could swim and fish all day
Not a worry or a care
When we got back to the house
Supper was waiting there

These days, the good life's hard to find
Tryin' to put food on the table
We stretch the ties that bind
Seems love for God and family
Is goin' out of style
Takes a lot to smile, these days

Guess it’s true we all grow old
An' leave the simple past
Move on in to the city
Where the neon pace is fast
Wrong-way streets an' broken dreams
Bitter memories that don't pass
An' at the bottom of this bottle
There’s just an empty glass

These days, love is growin' cold
On the altar of technology
We sacrifice our soul
Fiction rules the classroom
While truth is put on trial
Takes a lot to smile, these days

Seems that life’s just one big lesson
You’re never out of school
All these things they brag about
Are really not that cool

These days, divided votes are cast
At the turn of a new century
Fear is risin' fast
Security an' freedom
Are hard to reconcile
Takes a lot to smile, these days
Yeah, takes a lot to smile, these days
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