Song Description
Taken from the 2012 album, Fires of Home by Rosedale Crossing.
Full band and album details available at www.rosedalecrossing.com.
| Song Length |
4:19 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heated, Outraged |
Subject |
War, Power |
| Similar Artists |
Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Foreign spies put out my eyes
So I can't see
The injustice that privilege brings
For you and me
Worldly wise, there is no surprise
At man's misdeeds
Flood, disease, drought, state sponsored routs
And the filthy seas
But there's a boy in America
To hold my hand
To keep watch while I slumber
And dream the dreams of the damned
He sings la di da lai lai di....
I rely on news falsified
By an unnamed source
Who to trust when we're morally bust?
When the teller's bought?
But there's a boy in America
Who'll take a stand
Wage war as we slumber
Hear the screams of the damned