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Ballad of Tara Cole
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from AMERICAN RIVER a song for Tara Cole Nashville Session Players www.FreedomTracks.com
progressive rock rb folk blues southern rock country politics inspirational comedy jesus bluegrass humor
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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 #467
Peak in subgenre #149
Author
Richard Aberdeen
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2007 Freedom Tracks Music
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January 20, 2007
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:13
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Let me tell you all a story ‘bout a girl named Tara Cole Who slept in Riverfront Park where the Cumberland waters flow One night two men who didn’t want the homeless comin’ ‘round Rolled her in the muddy river and young Tara Cole drowned American river of tears flowing from sea to once shinin’ sea Beside your banks homeless children lie in wretched misery Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times? The hole in the sky and in our soul keeps on growin’ And American river of tears keeps on flowin’ Tara was a meek lowly lamb, they called her “Little Bit” Though she tried, she often cried, she never could quite fit In a city with little pity focused on the bottom line Though in plain daylight she was ignored most all the time American river of tears flowing from sea to once shinin’ sea Beside your banks homeless children lie in wretched misery Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times? The hole in the sky and in our soul keeps on growin’ And American river of tears keeps on flowin’ You know, a mighty nation once united is splittin’ apart at the seams Like a great ship without a rudder tossed in a nightmare of broken dreams Now, we sing this song for Tara Cole that her death be not in vain Let’s pull together, help each other, be a united nation once again Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times? Our children will reap these seeds of hate we’re sowin’ And American river of tears keeps on flowin’ American river of tears keeps on flowin’
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