Story Behind The Song

A lot of the guitar work was inspired by Tony Furtado, whose playing is wonderful all by itself. The words just coalesced with the guitar riffs as they happened. Songwriting is storytelling. It's the true love of my life.

Song Description

Players: Jim Stewart - guitars, lead vocal, harmonica. Craig Abrahamson - drums, percussion, background vox. Tye North - bass. Chrissie Faith - the pile of acquired choir

Lyrics

Sponges to left of me
hammers to my right.
One just wants all I have
the other just wants to fight.
I live my life, a peaceful man,
spinning rules from gold.
I?m profoundly tired of listening
to the lies we?ve all been told.

Well, suck it up and
hammer on, you have the energy,
but don?t expect an easy road
if you?re rolling over me.
You tell your story in the dark where
no one sees your face.
It?s upside down when you pretend
to be the human race.
Your voice, it echoes in my head
with a flat-line hollow sound.
You can?t quite understand us,
here in middle ground.

You tell your stories in the dark
where no one sees your face
It's upside-down when you pretend
you are the human race.
Will bigots on their judgment day
find everyone else in hell?
I'm no prophet, just a poet,
only time will tell.

Crowd noise ? marching band ? cheerleaders:
You on the left
You on the right
Stand down, sit up
fight fight fight
their side?s wrong
your side?s right
thumbs down thumbs up
fight fight fight
fight fight fight
fight fight fight
fight fight fight

The sponges and the hammers
want a war no one will win.
Fundamental mythology
sustained by original sin?
In the morning, with the egos piled
and silence all around,
I will be here still,
cleaning up this middle ground.

Truth is a big white bird
whose gift is but a feather.
Nothing here is perfect
except everything together.

c 2006 by J.R. Stewart (BMI)