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Sue Ann Harkey: Tenor guitar, words and vocals
Drew Vogelman: Afican Hand Drum
Tim Schellenbaum: Dulcimer

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Sue Ann Harkey: Tenor guitar, words and vocals
Drew Vogelman: Afican Hand Drum
Tim Schellenbaum: Dulcimer

It's Not About Them, It's About Us

It's not about them, it's about us
I'm the one touching
And the one being touched
What comfort comes from
A common enemy
Its been the easy way out for too long

I have no pride
I have no shame
I have no guilt
Not hiding behind blame

It's not about them, it's about us
We are them and they are us

My thoughts have been forming as words
Silently on my lips
Details turn into generalities
Righteousness stays nice and clean
Polished by blame
Hope is replaced by disappointment
Disappointment into acceptance
nations of the dissatisfied

Rage scares me because of its effectiveness
The potential harm with or without intent
By resorting to their own methods
To achieve our objectives of peace
We enslave ourselves to the rifle forever
In defense we forsake our cause

Fascism is in every 'ISM'
Every person in every nation
Pessimism is in optimism
Truth is found in sarcasm

Hypocrisy is not unrecognizable
But it goes unrecognized
Subjectively objectified
Simple in its complexity

The end of violence
It stops at the beginning
Before it gets started
We become like them otherwise
Get them to lay down their guns
It's not up to us to pick them up

Fascism is in every 'ISM'
Every person in every nation
Pessimism is in optimism
Truth is found in sarcasm

It's not about them, it's about us
We are them and they are us

Jan. 1986

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from The Ancient Past And The Ancient Future Are Both Seconds Away, released May 5, 1988

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Seattle - New York - London | free improvisation | prepared guitar | folktronica | weird american | indie | alternative | singer | songs | instrumentals | underground | DIY

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