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Rabbit Hole
05:45
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Urban Contemporary
06:32
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URBAN CONTEMPORARY
I have walked these neighborhoods
where the streets have no name-
Welcome to the Jungle blaring
from SUV's...
I was a journalist, yes – back in the day
maybe we all were naive,
but not today: the Emperor's naked.
I have strolled these ghettos
before the gentricide *came,
New Amsterdam, or Calcutta?
Nam vets asleep in the gutter...
your pre-planned pandemic
made squalor systemic-
nothing much has changed,
save for the New York Stock Exchange...
bank failures come in succession,
will there be a Great Depression?
in the Summer, in the City...
a digital currency?
an end to autonomy? Could be (We'll see).
these are strange days,
wouldn't you say?
these are strange days,
welcome to The Endgame Play.
© 2023 ransomsalmonsongs, Ltd. ASCAP
words + music by Ransom Salmon
* gentricide: an amalgamation of gentrification and genocide
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STRANGELOVE STRIKES AGAIN!
there you go again,
hatching your evil schemes
what are we supposed to do?
sit back and watch?
there you go again,
feigning noblesse oblige-
while the world is under siege
you wet your pants,
it's your wet dream...
when will you learn?
play with fire, and you'll soon get burned
when will you see,
the error of your autocracy?
how many times
must we see history repeat?
please, set me free
from the chains of your villainy
there you go again,
plotting to overthrow-
intelligentsia always gets a pass...
we will NOT be pawns
on your global chessboard!
you mental degenerate!
please, go away!
just go away!
must I explain?
dumpster fires cannot be contained-
when will you see
how you've caused pain and misery?
why don't you care?
in the end, you think you'll be spared?
don't make me laugh,
nihilists write their epitaphs, always.
time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking – into the future....
“don't let him know it's the end of the world......”
© 2023 ransomsalmonsongs, Ltd. ASCAP
words + music by Ransom Salmon
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4. |
Binky's Dilemma
09:18
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BINKY'S DILEMMA
don't pity me
I know what is real-
don't pity me
because I wont follow...
don't pity me
you beautiful bastard boy,
why cant you see
the forest for the trees?
don't patronise,
I see through your disguise-
don't patronise,
I know the truth from lies-
you should realise
there's wool over your eyes,
don't compromise
it's time that you got wise
whys•whys•whys•whys
don't pity me
with your novena prayers-
come next to me
whenever you break the spell,
it's lunacy:
the evil that men do,
open your eyes-
it's time you should arise, apprise, despise genocides......
carry on, my wayward son.
© 2023 ransomsalmomsongs, Ltd. ASCAP
words + music by Ransom Salmon
props to CSNY and Dean Friedman.
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A HYMN TO PEACEFUL PROTEST
it's Life During Wartime,
I believe Darnell, not CNN
when the tear gas was thrown
in the streets, in the Capitol
when the Gestapo came
to the streets, to the Capitol
mister Policeman, you can
strap on your fatigues, your riot gear
your rubber bullets -
just keep your fucking hands
where I can see 'em....
text JUSTICE to 63135
no self-apologetic jive...
get the action going, keep the cameras rolling
gut-check your demeanor,
I will speak over the ashes-
of the dark and lowly classes
[bridge/middle 8]
intimidation, gun confiscation
vilification, incarceration
this is how it all begins
this is how it all begins X2
mister Policeman, don't you
stupefy, crucify-
you don't protect or serve,
[did I touch a nerve?]
heroes, villains,
martyrs & civilians (2X)
Category 5 in New Orleans,
history is never what it seems-
and must we go to such extremes?
it isn't always black and white,
“out of mind”'s not out of sight
and for what it's worth,
I'd love to change the world.
© 2023 ransomsalmonsongs, Ltd. ASCAP
words + music by Ransom Salmon
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6. |
Conflict & Resolution
09:15
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CONFLICT & RESOLUTION
is it getting better,
or is everything the same?
is it getting better?
it's getting better all the time...
in my reverie: with bell, book & candle,
winding my way through the chaos and scandal- is our Democracy just another moveable feast? have we landed inside the belly of the beast? when does it cease?
Lord, grant me peace...
and the things I've seen
that still leave me grieving,
so sad-
watching the consensus,
not conceiving – they've been had
I'd never try
persuading or dissuading your stance, but can't you see
the stimulus predicts the circumstance?
and every conflict should have some resolution to save the day-
every conflict should have resolution at the end of the day...
I wont back down,
and I'll never surrender!
I wont back down,
and I aint no pretender...
I wont acquiesce to
the machinations of folks,
spare me Springsteen
what we need now's another Phil Ochs! no joke!
© 2023 ransomsalmonsongs, Ltd. ASCAP
words + music by Ransom Salmon
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Ransom Salmon Cheyenne, Wyoming
"Artists, to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators that implement change after the
fact"
- William S Burroughs
"Political protest and artistic expression need not be mutually exclusive, nor should it be"
- Ransom Salmon
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