Gotta Do Something

Song Length 4:02 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Alternative
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Troubled Subject Earth, Life
Language English

Lyrics

Gotta Do Something
© J.C. Ashbaker 2007
909-793-0245
The planet's on fire again
The children are crying and it looks like the end
But we wish, yeah, we wish for the rain
Wash away their sorrows, ease all their pain
Oh, we wish, yeah, we wish for the rain

The natives are running amok
Seems that humanity may have run out of luck
So we wish, yeah, we wish for some air
Something to breathe, free of despair
Oh, we wish, yeah, we wish for clean air

--Refrain--
We can wish, we can hope, we can dream till the day that we die
But, that won't stop or end their tears or their cries
We've gotta do something
We've gotta do something
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Don't we know that the answer is love
Release the hatred, stop holding the grudge
So we wish, yeah, we wish for some love
Like a knight in shinning armor, it's sent from above
Oh, we wish, yeah we wish for sweet love

The time now has come to decide
Will you stand and be counted, will you lie down and hide
Will you show us, yeah show us some heart
Strength and compassion might be a good start
Oh please show us, yeah show us, some heart

--Refrain--
We can wish, we can hope, we dream, we can long for the day
Somebody else comes to take our troubles away
But we gotta do something
We gotta do something

Bob Dylan meets Dire Straits !
Well produced track , liked the guitar solo especially .

Again, you always bring your best and this is more of that....

The violin is a good touch - I wasn't expecting it!
Gentle and smooth tune. Awesome for casual listening. Good main hook. The backing vocals do their job without distracting from the main line.
Also, good of you to end with a solo!!!

Arresting opening, and I like the Dire Straits-type guitar/vibe very much. Sentiment is universal, and unfortunately very timely. I like the simplicity of lines like 'We got to do something'. Instrumentation is great, recording is really clean.

Very nice recording and arrangement. Quality instrumentation and VERY solid mix. Love the lead changes and the in-and-out fills by different instruments. Nice lyrics and message. Solid contemporary Folk tune. Clearly, the song is great for an album, but would also have various uses in film and TV opportunities..... Nice job!

like the tone of this song. voices are recorded well most of all what a good theme. because everybody wants to complain, noone wants to change it---guess what peeps---things change little on their own.

Strong lyrics. Musically engaging. Strong playing of instruments.

Great instrumentation, good hook. Vocals are good and easy to understand

A song that calls for action for or against a number of perceived ills in the world. Musically, it is lively and a lot of effort has been put into making the arrangement appealing. The voice is efficient in carrying the sometimes slightly awkward text and it is a fairly attractive country-style voice.

good instrumentation, nice warm sounding fiddle and vocals

How wonderful - an ECO song, a song that calls to action through love. Great music, wonderful voice, good lyrics that never limp. Lovely melody, lovely instrumentation. The underlying bass in the tenor is beautiful. A big voice capable of even bigger songs than this one

LOVE it . Very well performed - great violin and vox

Nice guitar work ... kind of a Dire Straits vibe going on in this song. Fiddle is a nice contrast.

Lyrics Jeff Ashbaker Music Jeff Ashbaker
Performance Jeff Ashbaker
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Ian Cox Listen to this stuff! 7/16/2008

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