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A Prophetic Song?

Submitted by Tom Mullen on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 22:44
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I wrote this song not long after the collapse of the Soviet Union: thus the lyrics, "Hold up the banner don't lay down your guard/Before the things that we fought become the things that we are."

I mainly post it because it is somewhat hilarious to find 14 year old videos of yourself in a dusty old box in the garage, but I believe there is some relevance to our present predicament. Notice that at that time (around 1993), I hadn't figured out yet that "greed" was a paper villain. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDk-EvI_13w

Well every day I see things I can’t believe
In a world caught the sickness of violence and greed
I won’t sit still no I won’t be pacified or resigned
I won’t accept the things I find

And if by chance you begin to sympathize, it’s unwise
Just change the channel just close your eyes
I want to know some of the hows and the whys
When I try, I just get more of the same old lies, and they say

Be satisfied, they tell me
Be satisfied
Be satisified, they tell me
Be satisfied
Well be satisfied with what you find

There is no time now to be satisfied
While there’s hope, there’s still a danger that won’t subside
Hold up the banner, don’t lay down your guard,
Before the things that we fought become the things that we are
And never

Be satisfied, they tell me
Be satisfied
Be satisified, they tell me
Be satisfied
Well be satisfied with what you find

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Thanks for sharing.

Submitted by Jiminy Cricket on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 23:12.

Bump

Brilliant, Tom!

Submitted by Libera_me on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 23:05.

-Great work.
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We are whipping folks back into shape, we are going to get this done!" Barack Obama, in reference to Blue Dog Opposition to the Health Care Bill.
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"The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'" Ronald Reagan

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But that man should play the tyrant over God, and find Him a better man than himself, is astonishing drama indeed!~~D. Sayers

There is no difference between an authoritarian government from the right or the left...F. A.Schaeffer

awesome!

Submitted by Buzz on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 22:54.

awesome!

bump...

Submitted by ecorob on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 22:50.

for your "insight" of the time...

i sure hope you weren't smoking that "demon weed" when you wrote this!

O Captain, My Captain, rise up and hear the bells!

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its 'cos I owe ya, my young friend...
Rockin' the FREE world in Tennessee since 1957!

that demon weed

Submitted by Tom Mullen on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 07:12.

LOL! No, I was never a pot smoker. Although I respect the right of anyone to eat, drink, or smoke anything they want to, I personally can't even stand the smell of marijuana. As I have become aware of certain food and other allergies, I suspect that I may even be allergic to it because I react to it the same way I do to cats.

So, there must have been some other reason for my "skepticism." :)

Tom Mullen
author of A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America

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Tom Mullen
author of A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America