Let’s Turn This Thing Around is a track we recorded at Stan’s Lumberyard Studio, back during the W. Bush epoch. Sad to say, it’s come back into relevance. But it’s a rockin’ little number I want my jockey to play, ‘cept that never happens. So, here it is!
Me on vocals and banjo, Stan on drum machine and SOUNDS.
LET’S TURN THIS THING AROUND!
Let’s Turn This Thing Around
when the next election comes & goes•
before it’s stolen by a nose
Americas been growing strange•
we the people want a change
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
Democracy is our ideal •
without the truth its all unreal
Jesus Christ said it plain•
you can’t serve God on a golden chain
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
Our countrys split that what were told
Our constitutions bought & sold
turn off the tv hear the news
without the lies & violent spews
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
who are the heros? who, the thieves?
who tells lies & who believes?
we the people hear the voice
the time has come to make the choice
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
when the next election comes & goes•
before it’s stolen by a nose
Beware the ones who turn their backs•
on reasoned words for false attacks
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
Americas been growing strange•
we the people want a change
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
How many thousands more will die
before they suck this country dry
They listened in what’s that about?
The time has come to raise a shout
its up to us to clear THE HOUSE
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND
This was released on The Case Files compilation of rare tracks, on alive/naturalsound recordings a few years back. It’s still available on LP and CD:
Heres the link http://www.bompstore.com/case-peter-the-case-files-pink-vinyl-ltd-ed-last-copies-lp/
4 comments
I had never heard this. Love it. Relevant again indeed, perhaps a timeless gem in our corrupt government.
I’ve heard this song it seems countless times, and just now I heard how much more prophetic it seems today than when recorded. Kevin’s comment above is right, the song definitely has timeless relevance, but whodathunk it would be almost perfectly tuned to today. Like I said, almost prophetic when penned.
Thats the same here, I’d sort of just turned it off in my mind, but NOW? Weird, written under Bush & Cheney. They were the same in a way. Bush seems better, buts being president ran in his family, even if he was moronic. Trump has no idea what the president even does. But they’re the same really, “lies and violent spews” its nothing new.
Unbelievable how it is so relevant to where we are today . Cheers