"Not Enough Hope to Go Round" genre: Folk Rock
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	A little bit of a political statement
	MP3.com CD: There's Gotta Be a Road - buy it! CD: There's Gotta Be a Road Credits: John Finan, bass and high harmony; Leslie Frederick, shaker and mid harmony; Mike Dorn, guitar; Charles Sanderson, congas; Charlie Monterey, lead vocal and guitar
	Story Behind the Song I wrote the song soon after John Engler was reelected governor of Michigan in 1994. We recorded this version in February 2000 when Big Green X went into mutual friend Matt Steward's studio to record a demo. We had one microphone for all the vocals and most of the guitars, one mic for congas, one for the bass, and my guitar was direct-inputted to the board. I was really impressed with how well it came out. Lyrics I never wanted to make the big statement I never needed to show that I cared I only wanted not to hurt anybody I thought that would be enough I felt safer as part of the background Didn't need to be a "point of light" I saw it all go down on the Ten O'Clock News But I didn't know just what I could do Then I saw one more homeless man sleeping in a doorway One more big big man strike his wife down One more gay child dead because of hatred Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round Don't want to read about another drive-by shooting Don't want to hear about another man's war Don't want to listen to some Neo-Nazi's answers Sitting on his pile of guns See the Congressmen say we don't have to And the governor says we don't need to Too many people they can't see what's around them Someone had better open up our eyes To see one more child with a gun in the classroom One more neighborhood with its houses falling down One more dealer stealing our kids' future Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round I'm not saying I've got all the answers Isn't one of us gonna fix it all at once But I know now that I need to do something And the clock is running for us all So I guess that this is my big statement You know I never thought I'd show that I cared I only wanted not to hurt anybody Now I know that's just not enough When there's one more homeless man sleeping in a doorway One more big big man striking his wife down One more gay child dead because of hatred Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round (written November 16-20, 1994) copyright 1994 Charles Montney

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