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Old Hippies Are Breaking New Ground,
New Hippies Are Treading Old Ground,
And We Listen.
Everything Musical In Between IS Relevant.
-- veralynne, 2004



Remembered mostly for her Chuck E's In Love of the '70s, Rickie Lee Jones is back with a lot more to say. -v

"...the depth of our democracy is only as good as the voices of protest she protects, voices of protest -- rise!" -- Rickie Lee Jones



From Eric at TooManyReasons.com:


Singer Rickie Lee Jones Speaks Out

American singer Rickie Lee Jones has attacked the policies of
the Bush administration on her latest record -- despite the
potential risk to her career.

Lee Jones took the music world by storm in the late 1970s when her self-titled debut album won best newcomer award at the Grammys.

But despite having vowed to stay away from politics, her latest album, The Evening Of My Best Day, features many political protest songs that directly criticise current US policy.

"To address George Bush and his presidency is a departure from my usual point of view," Lee Jones told BBC World Service's Everywoman programme.

"I usually reflect things totally internally. But I think what is happening in America is so disturbing to me, it becomes internal.

"You can't not address it."

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE.


NOTE: Rickie Lee Jones also has created a website entitled "FURNITURE FOR THE PEOPLE, a web community working to bring people together for peace."



From The Evening of My Best Day, Rickie Lee Jones' latest:


tell somebody (repeal the patriot act now)

not long ago it was alright
there were no bad dreams that kept me up at night
it was not brother against brother
mother against mother

so tell somebody,
you've got to tell somebody
tell somebody what happened in the usa

now they want us to just get in line
behind a president
when you know they spent milions of dollars
condemning and accusing
the last one from the other side

tell somebody, tell somebody
tell somebody
what's happening in the usa?
tell somebody, tell somebody
tell somebody
what happened in the usa

tell somebody, tell somebody, tell somebody?

i want to know how far you will go
to protect our right of free speech?
because it only took a moment
before it faded out of reach...

oh, tell somebody, tell sombody right now
tell somebody
what happened in the usa?
i wanna read about it in the news
i wanna hear about it on tv, yeah
what happened in the usa?
when they ask you
what happened in the usa?
tell sombody.
they'll wanna know, oh people

the depth of our democracy
is only as good as the voices of protest she protects
voices of protest - rise!


lyrics by rickie lee jones c. 2003 all rights reserved
Listen to the Mp3


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