Robert Dodson performs a demo cover of the Jackson Browne social commentary ... ... from 1986 album Lives in the Balance Lives in the Balance was the first album by Browne where overtly political and socially critical songs dominated (three of which were about president Ronald Reagan), although it also included one of his best remembered songs about relationships, the tragic In the Shape of a Heart, inspired by his relationship with his first wife. The radio play garnered by For America and In the Shape of a Heart, and the use of Lives in the Balance in the show Miami Vice, gained him many new fans who later went back and discovered Brownes earlier works. Lives in the Balance Title Track Lyrics: Ive been waiting for something to happen For a week or a month or a year With the blood in the ink of the headlines And the sound of the crowd in my ear You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that youve seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war Theres a shadow on the faces Of the men who send the guns To the wars that are fought in places Where their business interests run On the radio talk shows and TV You hear one thing again and again How the USA stands for freedom And we come to the aid of a friend But who are the ones that we call our friends? These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally cant take anymore And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone And there are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire Theres a shadow on the faces Of the men who fan the flames Of the wars that are fought in places Where we cant even say the names They sell us the president the same way They sell us our clothes and our cars They sell us everything from youth to religion The same time they sell us our wars I want to know who the men in the shadows are I want to hear somebody asking them why They cant be counted on to tell us who our enemies are But theyre never the ones to fight or to die And there are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire All Rights Remain with the owners. topbop ... for more information All Rights as Reserved by the Rights-Holders Otherwise (c)2014 topbop! Productions LLC
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:58:44 +0000
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