"Salem, USA" genre: Indie
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	track 2, also called 'risk at the drop of a dime'
	CD: demo Credits: written, recorded, and performed by parwana
	Story Behind the Song second song completed by parwana Lyrics Today we live in Salem of 1692 A land in which McCarthyism is brought to you In a witch hunt for terror With the target as the weapon of choice Bring the television to life to hear a general’s voice DIM THE LIGHTS CLOSE THE SHADES FORGET YOUR DAILY WORRIES WE’LL MAKE THEM GO AWAY ABC CNN FOX TV CONTENTION IS ON AGAIN Just think of your tax dollars As bullets ripping life From the grasp of your fellow man Become steel draped in metal Your country’s fatal dart As it rips through the air passage of another’s larynx charred By the rising tide of blood Caused by a second fatal shot Funded by that portion of your paycheck that you forgot Called federal income tax That’s right it belongs to you Not a jet-black M-16 that could one day be turned on you WATCH YOUR HANDS TAKE THE SIGHT FROM A FORCE-FED MINDED CHILD THE LEAD DOSES CUT RETINAS THRICE WATCH YOUR HANDS TAKE THE LIGHT FROM A NATION OF FOREBEARS FORCING THEM TO FACE A CONJURED PLIGHT We watched the columbine massacre In class today Acts of violence scrawled across the screen Bobby said it sounded Like the unreal was going on And this he said with a puzzled countenance upon His gullible teenaged face Well bobby let me ask you why And can the upcoming questions be answered simply by Your pure Christian morals That leave your mind a vacant space Serviceably molded within a minutes haste WHY IS IT THAT THE SANDY DESERT FLOOR AND LIGHT BLUE SKIES OF IRAQ ARE BETTER EQUIPPED FOR THE ACTS OF ENMITY PORTRAYED BY OUR GOVERNMENT OF FOOLS THEN THE BLUE, WHITE, AND GRAY FLOORS OF OUR NATIONS HIGH SCHOOLS How quickly thought changes When situations affect you Instead of another living six thousand and two Miles away So sit back in your chair And watch the colonel open fire on your daughter’s head of blonde hair And see her sweet fragments On the liquid crystal screen Impact the tile while you can do nothing more than scream And bawl in a tribute To your child’s untimely death Knowing that you weren’t there when she took her last breath DIM THE LIGHTS CLOSE THE SHADES FORGET YOUR DAILY WORRIES WE’LL MAKE THEM GO AWAY ABC CNN FOX TV CONTENTION IS ON AGAIN

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