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Track 8 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.
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Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #481
Peak in subgenre #85
Author
Richard Aberdeen
Rights
2005 Freedom Tracks Music
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August 28, 2005
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MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 4:08
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WRITING ON THE WALL

Back in '68, in a land divided by hate
Some picked up a sign, some a gun in answer to the call
Headed off to war, what for, no one was really sure
No one could see the writing on the wall

Me and brother Abel, sittin' at the table
Eatin' peas an' cornbread and Mom's warm apple pie
The day she got the word, word she'd long since feared
A note that said we're sorry, you're true love had to die
And all that's left of Daddy is a name on some memorial
Can't we see the writing on the wall?

Seems again of late in a land divided by hate
Some pick up a sign, some a gun in answer to the call
Headed off to war, what for, no one is really sure
Seems like no one sees the writing on the wall

Yeah, we're sittin' at the table minus brother Abel
Eatin' peas an' cornbread and Mom's warm apple pie
Last week she got the word, word she'd long since feared
A note that said we're sorry, your firstborn had to die
All that's left of Abel will be a name on some memorial
Can't we see the writing on the wall?

Will we be sittin' at the table without the son of Abel
Eatin' peas an' cornbread and Mom's warm apple pie?
When she gets the word, word she's long since feared. . .
Will we ever see the writing on the wall?
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