tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post4122310082110682887..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: In Darkness: Joseph Ceravolo: The pains of children / Baraa Al-Halabi: The death of the sellerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-53001606456198278212015-09-23T19:37:09.391-07:002015-09-23T19:37:09.391-07:00The reiterated generations of iPhones, one upon an...The reiterated generations of iPhones, one upon another in an endless cascade, haven't yet been able to wash that human stain out of the fabric, deep, dark and as old as the shadows that lie upon the burnt-out hills at sundown...TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-11060909409139301862015-09-23T00:16:19.623-07:002015-09-23T00:16:19.623-07:00tearing mystery out
of the heart
Right now they s...tearing mystery out<br />of the heart<br /><br />Right now they seem to play such a small part of<br />The things that they soon be right at the heart of<br /><br />With these particular faces, these records of hurt, fear and abuse, you can see the whole laid out if you look carefully, corporate criminals and all. Mystery's gone.<br /><br />Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-77644281519011822232015-09-22T21:22:05.415-07:002015-09-22T21:22:05.415-07:00These posts of yours are relentless, devastating a...These posts of yours are relentless, devastating and absolutely necessary. billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54978985959573959812015-09-22T17:02:44.697-07:002015-09-22T17:02:44.697-07:00Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011): Save the Children, 19...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-7JDRr9wo" rel="nofollow">Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011): Save the Children, 1998</a><br /><br />Save the Children<br /><br />If you're driving through the country on a lazy afternoon<br />Or you're watching your children playing after school<br />They seem to be so unaware of<br />The things that they soon have to take care of<br /><br />We've got to do something to save the children<br />Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world<br />Right now they seem to play such a small part of<br />The things that they soon be right at the heart of<br /><br />My little Tommy he said he wants to be a fireman<br />And little Mary she said she got to teach school<br />If we know all we say we know about the problems<br />Why can't we do something to try and solve them<br /><br />We've got to do something to save the children<br />Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world<br />We got to do something to save the children<br />To save the children<br />To save the children<br /><br />-- Gil Scott-Heron<br /><br />_____<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA5umJlrnpg" rel="nofollow">Marvin Gaye: Save the Children (Live in LA, 1972)</a><br /><br />Save the Children<br /><br />I just want to ask a question<br />Who really cares?<br />To save a world in despair<br />There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'<br />Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'<br />Who really cares?<br />Who's willing to try to save a world<br />That's destined to die<br />When I look at the world it fills me with sorrow<br />Little children today are really gonna suffer tomorrow<br />Oh what a shame, such a bad way to live<br />All who is to blame, we can't stop livin'<br />Live, live for life<br />But let live everybody<br />Live life for the children<br />Oh, for the children<br />You see, let's save the children<br />Let's save all the children<br />Save the babies, save the babies<br />If you wanna love, you got to save the babies<br />All of the children<br />But who really cares<br />Who's willing to try<br />Yes, to save a world<br />Yea, save our sweet world<br />Save a world that is destined to die<br />Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la<br />Oh, oh dig it everybody<br /><br />-- Marvin Gaye / Renaldo Benson / Alfred W. Cleveland, 1971<br /><br />___<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kX8lqXAONg" rel="nofollow">The Call: The Walls Came Down (1983)</a><br /><br />The Walls Came Down<br /><br />Well they blew the horns<br />And the walls came down<br />They'd all been warned<br />And the walls came down<br />They just stood there laughing<br />They're not laughing anymore<br />The walls came down<br />Sanctuary fades<br />Congregation splits<br />Nightly military raids<br />The congregation splits<br />It's a song of assassins<br />Ringin' in your ears<br />We got terrorist thinking<br />Playing on fears<br />Well they blew the horns<br />And the walls came down<br />They'd all been warned<br />But the walls came down<br />I don't think there are any Russians<br />And there ain't no Yanks<br />Just corporate criminals<br />Playin' with tanks<br /><br />-- Michael Been, 1983TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com