NEW BEGINNINGS

Now that we are well into 2014 and fetishizing our first new mayor in over twelve years, a song from my unpublished novel seems an appropriate post to start the new year. Here's wishing EVERYONE peace, prosperity, and success in the coming trip around the solar system.


“It seems all around. Seems it’s everywhere.
The Have-Nots suffer and the Haves don’t care.
It’s either you turn your head or watch your back.
There’s no halfway, no middle of the track.

Come on people, open your hearts,
Come on people, join your hands,
Come on people, raise your voices
Shout for freedom in Liberty's land.

In this country of constant friction
Must we live with contradiction?
In the land of milk and honey
Is there more to greed than love of money?

Come on people, open your hearts,
Come on people, join your hands,
Come on people, raise your voices
Sing of freedom in this hopeful land.

We’re in a dark place the world has collapsed.
We’re in a dark place and feel so trapped.
In a dark place, nowhere to hide.
In a dark place, but it’s light outside.

Come on people, open your hearts,
Come on people, join your hands,
Come on people, raise your voices
Sing for freedom in the Promised Land.

Come on people, come on people, come on people,
Join your hands!

Come on people, come on people, come on people,
Understand.

Come on people lift your voices.
Sing for justice in this freedom land.

It seems all around. Seems it’s everywhere.
The Have-Nots suffer and the Haves don’t care.”

Happy New Year from Brooklyn New York,

Mark D Ransom