I have been struggling with this new song. Borrowing the Lennon tune from Sgt. Pepper's Day in the Life, I composed a message to our nation, to our people and to the world, describing and lamenting what happened to our Capitol, our Representatives and Senators, and to our very Nation on January 6, 2021.
Here's the written message:
I heard the news about Old Glory
Fifty stars dragged down into the mire
A crowd of rebels in our Capitol
They cast our Congress to oblivion
I saw the video.
They blew their mind out in a riot
They wouldn’t notice that the nation changed.
A crowd of people watched online.
They’d seen that dread spirit long before, in 1864.
Nobody was really sure of what was happening.
Our nation’s soul was up for grabs.
The joker brandishing his tyranny
Casting spells of spoken alchemy
Tossing tales of woken enmity.
He’d spouted words stand back stand by
They stormed the Dome with rebel cry.
They trashed and dashed our hallowed hall
They wouldn’t read the writing on the wall
He blew their minds out with a lie
They raised the zombie rebel cry
A freaked-out nation sat and stared
They’d seen that face before, back in 1864.
Nobody was really sure what the hell was happening.
His curse was marching on.
You can listen to my current version here:
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