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Wake up-it's not a dream (say your prayers)


2/21/18 
I'm adding a new remix of this song that adds some new breaks & harmonies & brings the vocal up a little. I think this is about as good as I can make it,without
starting all over! Wanted to have it ready for Not My President Day but hit some snags.The more I learn about Trump,the more important this song is to me. When I wrote it, there wasn't this amount of evidence of Russian interference & known contacts with the Trump campaign. It's surreal. An American nightmare.
Below are the lyrics,original writings for this page,a video,slideshow & two earlier audio recordings. Please join me in defending our democracy: participate,pay attention,absorb more than one news source,question,think,and most importantly,
​                                                         VOTE!


Working on this song (11/16-2/17) was both exhilarating, because of the inspiration the subject provided & depressing, because of the subject. I don't mean to be alarmist,but I hate to see this happening in America.                 I have to say something. Share this song with someone if you agree...
​I'm replacing a rough video I added on 5/7/17 of myself playing to the recording with a new acoustic version on 6/11/17. It's hopefully an improvement & I will feature it on my new Youtube channel. The old version was a first attempt & I wasn't sure how it would come out. The video quality wasn't so good because of background brightness & I thought I'd do a better version. The new one is not too bad,but I always feel I could do better,drives me crazy. I'd like to add, many of you may know John Lennon was a huge influence on my writing. So I'd like to give credit to his song Gimme Some Truth for part of my inspiration for my word delivery. Please click on it to compare.                     Wish he was here speaking up.




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Note: This song was derived from song #74 off Archive V, 1983's Say Your Prayers.
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