Home Grown - Stand Up!

We first released this Country style get-out-the-vote anthem shortly before the 2022 election here in the USA. And holy cow, it's even more relevant as we write these notes in July of 2024.

Slim: Vocal, Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Harmonica, Drum Programming
Penny: Bass Guitar

Lyric

It's so much hotter than  it used to be in summertime
Flood waters fill our streets, 'cause it rains so hard
Out west the fires rage now almost all year 'round
Leaving so much that we love, all burned up and scarred

Stand up for those who live in constant danger
Don't let petty allegations get in your way
Vote blue for the survival of our democratic nation
Don't let greed, fear and hate rule the day

They're going after folks of different colors again
And those who pray or love, in a different way
They're banning books and hiding from our troubling past
Leaving little hope that others,  can see a brighter day

Stand up for those who live in constant danger
Don't let petty allegations get in your way
Vote blue for the survival of our democratic nation
Don't let greed, fear and hate rule the day

The fat cats pour their money into Washington
Keeping worker's wages low, and profits high
Now it's time that we remind them this is our land too
And we don't want politicians, not the ones that they can buy

Stand up for those who live in constant danger
Don't let petty allegations get in your way
Vote blue for the survival of our democratic nation
Don't let greed, fear and hate rule the day

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