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

[William Salmon]

David --
    This is one very good idea. Who and what do we need to get this done. It can't be the most difficult project we've every attempted. 
    Bill Salmon
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  From: David Walters 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A harvest of the spirit has begun


  I think we should pick one ofour songs and produce a video of various collegues singing it at different locations around the globe. David
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    From: ed feldmanis 
    To: Order Ecumenical Community 
    Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:00 PM
    Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A harvest of the spirit has begun





    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   or http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html

      Jean Watts


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      BORN AGAIN AMERICAN
      By Keith Carradine       

      Get the Flash Player 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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