Speedy Delivery: A Weekly Song Editorial
New Hands of Change
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Jake’s Notes: Hip, Hip Huzzah for America’s regime change. For once in my life, most of the candidates that I voted for turned out winners. “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Ya” I sing to Red-Staters all around. Let’s give the Blues a chance to screw things up in their own way.
The New Hands of Change
By: Jake Speed 11/13/06
The clock is striking in the hall
The tick-tock is echoing the coming of the fall
The red sun is setting on the Hill
A new day is dawning, a blue sky is rising on the sill
Oh, the hour’s come
And the coo coo bird has called
Oh, the bell has rung
And it’s ringing for us all
Oh, it ain’t too late
But the hourglass is thin
There’s no time to wait
May the new hands of change get ready (get ready) to begin
The pendulum is swinging left
The tinkers are thinkers, the tinkers are deft
A new face is smiling on the dial
Watch out, there’s no stopping, no right wing flip-flopping down the aisle
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Comments
YEE HAW! What a liberating feeling!
posted by Star Darpel on November 26, 2006
Great song thanks!
posted by Chip Emmerich on November 17, 2006
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If there's anyone who could be called the "Woody Guthrie of Cincinnati," it's folksinger Jake Speed. Speed is again making moves that would do Woody proud. Speed's "songitorials" are weekly songs about current events. Think of it as a singing editorial with a healthy dose of wit and humanity. Each week, Speed will unveil a new song, dealing with different social issues of the day in much the way Guthrie's "Woody Sez" column once did.
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