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So yeah, had a tough day. But ended it right by going to see Brett Dennen play a set in this guitar shop called "Plucker's Paradise" with friends. If you can stand the jazz hands that appear at his shows, you'll be blown away by his voice and his musical ability, his writing. I think he's swell. If you go to his website you'll see a song he wrote about this time of year we've all just survived... I love his observations...
The Holidays Are Here (and We're Still at War)
By Brett Dennen
BMI/Three Angels & A Saint 2005


Pilgrims in the parking lot / Arteries clogged with blood clots
Pushing through the aisles of the department store
Neon crosses and Christmas lights / Credit card debts and brand new bikes
The holidays are here and were still at war

The rabbi reads from the testament / The banker gazes at the years investments
Salvation santas solicit for the poor / The deception of democracy
The philanderings of faux foreign policy
The holidays are her and were still at war

Smoggy skies and fixed elections / Injustice strikes from all directions
People with their backs against the floor / Looking for someone to set us free
A king with fists like Mohammad Ali
The holidays are here and were still at war

Your mother knows what is best for you / Even though its hard to listen
Your father knows he can count on you / Even though you couldnt count on him

Christopher Columbus knew / Vasco De Gama and Magellan too
The profits of oppression grow like never before / All Hail to the capitalist thief
Mourn your lost ones and covet our grief
The holidays are here and were still at war

Hurricane waters ravage southern towns / Black and white people left to drown
While the white house and the emergency management agency ignores
Victims take shelter in the Astrodome / The National Guard says dont go home
The holidays are here and were still at war

Police officers hassle the homeless / Domestic disputes and alcohol violence
The jail house opens wide its door / A corporation cuts a million employees
The factory moves overseas
The holidays are here and were still at war

Our mother knows what is best for you / Even though its hard to listen
Your father knows he can count on your / Even through you couldnt count on him

Jesus sheds another tear / Into a sea of two thousand years
Into the eve of a new year once more / Tears of joy and resolutions of sorrow
Toast to health and wealth tomorrow
The holidays are here and were still at war

Religious wars and domination / World trade and globalization
The prices of petroleum soar / Lonesome churches packed with sinners,
Non believers and new beginners
The holidays are here and were still at war

Say a prayer for the less fortunate / Prisoners, soldiers youve never met
Understand what it is they are fighting for / Say a prayer for your enemies
A prayer for the victims and their families
The holidays are here and were still at war