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\nAuthor’s Note: Dusting off and playing old vinyl and CDs and uncovered the pictured arty fact and the lyrics to Steppenwolf’s Monster. Copyright on composition is theirs with our thanks. Our reaction to it? That is ours this morning!
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– Marlow<\/p>\n
Monster<\/p>\n
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
\nChasing the promise of freedom and hope
\nCame to this country to build a new vision
\nFar from the reaches of kingdom and pope<\/p>\n
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
\nLater some got slaves to gather riches
\nBut still from near and far to seek America
\nThey came by thousands to court the wild
\nAnd she just patiently smiled and bore a child<\/p>\n
To be their spirit and guiding light
\nAnd once the ties with the crown had been broken
\nWestward in saddle and wagon it went
\nAnd ’til the railroad linked ocean to ocean<\/p>\n
Many the lives which had come to an end
\nWhile we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
\nWe began the slaughter of the red man
\nBut still from near and far to seek America<\/p>\n
They came by thousands to court the wild
\nAnd she just patiently smiled and bore a child
\nTo be their spirit and guiding light
\nThe blue and grey they stomped it<\/p>\n
They kicked it just like a dog
\nAnd when the war over
\nThey stuffed it just like a hog
\nAnd though the past has it’s share of injustice<\/p>\n
Kind was the spirit in many a way
\nBut it’s protectors and friends have been sleeping
\nNow it’s a monster and will not obey
\n(Suicide)<\/p>\n
The spirit was freedom and justice
\nAnd it’s keepers seem generous and kind
\nIt’s leaders were supposed to serve the country
\nBut now they won’t pay it no mind<\/p>\n
‘Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
\nAnd now their vote is a meaningless joke
\nThey babble about law and order
\nBut it’s all just an echo of what they’ve been told<\/p>\n
Yeah, there’s a monster on the loose
\nIt’s got our heads into a noose
\nAnd it just sits there watchin’
\nOur cities have turned into jungles<\/p>\n
And corruption is stranglin’ the land
\nThe police force is watching the people
\nAnd the people just can’t understand
\nWe don’t know how to mind our own business<\/p>\n
‘Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
\nNow we are fighting a war over there
\nNo matter who’s the winner
\nWe can’t pay the cost<\/p>\n
‘Cause there’s a monster on the loose
\nIt’s got our heads into a noose
\nAnd it just sits there watching
\n(America)<\/p>\n
America where are you now?
\nDon’t you care about your sons and daughters?
\nDon’t you know we need you now
\nWe can’t fight alone against the monster<\/p>\n
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Author’s Note: Dusting off and playing old vinyl and CDs and uncovered the pictured arty fact and the lyrics to Steppenwolf’s Monster. Copyright on composition is theirs with our thanks. Our reaction to it? That is ours this morning! Spy Navy.jpg – Marlow Monster Once the religious, the hunted and weary Chasing the promise of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25731,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25728\/revisions\/25731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}