[Oe List ...] A harvest of the spirit has begun

[ed feldmanis]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Jean Watts <jeanwatts at cox.net> wrote:

>   Jean,
>
Thank you for sharing this music.  It was deeply moving.
And thank you for all you do.
Ed

> This song reminded me of the days when we were still writing songs.  Really
> seems to communicate our present situation in the US (or at least in New
> Orleans).   Words follow below:
>
>
>
> Listen to it and enjoy.  Born Again American<http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html>   or
> http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html
>
> Jean Watts
>  ------------------------------
>
> *BORN AGAIN AMERICAN*
> By Keith Carradine
>
> Get the Flash Player <http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer> to see
> this player.
>
>
> Just a workin' man without a job
> It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
> And I know I'm nothin' special, there are plenty more like me
> Just the same
> I thought I knew the rules of the game
>
> I stood up for this country that I love
> I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
> I'm not sayin' Uncle Sam should give me what I need
> My offer stands
> I'll pull my weight you give me half a chance
>
> I went up to a congressman and said to him "you know
> Our government is letting people down"
> He said he'd need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
> I said there was a bunch of us around
>
> I'm a Born Again American, conceived in Liberty
> My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed's equality
> I'm a Born Again American, my country 'tis of me
> And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea
>
> My brother's welding chassis at the plant
> He's earning what our granddad did in 1948
> While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
> How can they see
> When all they care about's the do re mi
>
> It's getting where there's nowhere left to turn
> Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
> So many of our citizens are living in despair
> The time has come
> To reaffirm that hope's not just for some
>
> The promise of America's surrendering to greed
> The rule is just look out for number one
> But brace yourself 'cause some of us have sown a different seed
> A harvest of the spirit has begun
>
> I'm a Born Again American conceived in liberty
> My Bible and The Bill Of Rights
> My creed's equality
> A Born Again American, my country 'tis of me
> And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea
>
> It's clear my country's soul is on the line
> She's hungering for something that she lost along the way
> The principle the framers called upon us to obey
> That in this land
> The people's will must have the upper hand
>
> I felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
> And faithful to that vow I have remained
> I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
> And to her cause I have been re-ordained
>
> I'm a Born Again American conceived in liberty
> My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
> A Born Again American, my country 'tis of me
> And everyone who shares the dream
> >From sea to shining sea
> And everyone who shares the dream
> >From sea to shining sea
> A M E R I C A
>
>
>
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