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PsychoVoyagerGive War A Chance (January 18th, 2006)

rough demo of a pro war ditty. 3rd song in an attempt to write one song a week for 2006


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Artist/Composer: PsychoVoyager
Date: January 18th, 2006
Source: audacity
Keywords: war; politics; political; edshugeo; psychovoyager; george isaacs; folk; funk; liberal; conservative; libertarian; this is not porn

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Notes

A few words (or more) to go with this weeks song.

Give War A Chance is a silly little pop song about a serious issue. The song is
not meant as a joke, but in the the larger scheme of things, it remains, just a
song. There are some who might say it trivializes the issue, regardless of
whether or not they agree with the sentiment. Maybe. Maybe not. I just wanted to
express something not normally expressed by musicians. At least not the ones
I've been exposed to (I don't listen to a lot of Country).

Many who do support the war in Iraq or any of the military actions of the last
ten years or so, tend to shroud their approval in patriotic imagery or in terms
of "supporting the troops". Nothing wrong with supporting the troops, but it
seems that some use them as human shields to protect themselves from criticism,
likewise some of those who hide behind the flag. This song briefly addresses
honoring the troops in light of what may be a hypocrisy on my part; supporting
war, but not becoming a warrior. Perhaps I will address this at a later time,
but I think Cobb said it best (http://www.mdcbowen.org/cobb/archives/004937.html).

So anyway, yeah, I think there are plenty of good reasons to be in Iraq,
despite some issues that people are rightfully concerned about. I also believe
that war, in general, while not always desirable, is a useful tool in governing on the
world stage. Some disagree with this totally, and that's fine, sorta.

Yes, I rhymed "freedom" with "be dumb". Just a song, like I said.

This is just a rough demo with voice and acoustic guitar. A proper recording will follow at some point in time.

Lyrics...

Give war a chance
to work it's
dirty little magic
yeah, I know it's tragic, baby
we all want peace
that's automatic
but not all situations
will allow the diplomatic

Give War a chance
to make this
world a better place
so that we can face the future
I may not make that sacrifice
but honor any citizen
who's willing to give up his life

Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance

Give War a chance
to sort the
chaos from the order
tighten up our borders baby
let's not lose site
of our freedom
there will be no trade off
for security cuz that would be dumb

Give war a chance
to prove that
fighting can be righteous
when atrocities rises upon us
it's not desirable
but circumstances dictate
that no other choice is viable

Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance

The world is changing
right before our eyes
at a quicker pace than
anybody realizes

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