The melody and hook of this song came to me in a dream. It is a song about things we are not told by society and things that are kept hidden from us.
lyrics
The People, Our People
It always seems that we’re in a big fight
And who is wrong and who is right
Keeping secrets wonderin’ what it will be
Blinding the truth from what we see
Everthing’s fallin’ it’s toe to toe
What to do, Where to go
Pull up the bootstraps it’s up to you
Whether it’s happy or sad, excited or blue
CH
They don’t keep telling the people
They don’t keep telling our people
They don’t keep telling the people
They don’t keep telling our people
Everyone’s quiet figurin’ what to say
Scrapin’ by, livin’ day to day
Pondering the thought is we’ll ever get ahead
Nothing done, Nothing said
Hang tight we’re the land of the free
Baby, we have the right, we hold the key
Speak up loud, tell them we won’t give up
We’ll keep our “wine” in a little ‘ol’ cup
CH – keyboard solo 8 measures – guitar solo 8 measures
CH 2X’s and End
credits
from Songs From The Soul,
released December 8, 2012
Thanks Dmac for another fine rhythm and lead guitar track.
Thanks to James McKee for the use of his studio for drum tracks.
Bouncy, jangly power pop with a slash of acidic shadow, as the very best twee always has. From Boston, they met at band camp (not Bandcamp). Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 2, 2019