Topic: "No More Lies"

I get a little frustrated during our election time. Anyway this is just a song; one that I do not expect to happen but it sure would be nice for a change. I tried to wrap my in-a-perfect-world ideas into this song me being the eternal optimist again. I hope you all like it.   

No More Lies By Jeff Gilpin


January 21st, 2008




Verse 1


Once u[Dm]pon a time


In this [Dm]land that I live


A [Am]man said to his people


To ask [G]what you can [Dm]give


Now [Dm]many years later


We [Dm]don’t know who to trust


They [Am]say they’ll make it better


As the [G]bank’s about to [Dm]bust




Chorus

I [G]do want to believe


But it’s [Dm]just a little hard


When [Am]truth is the exception


And they’re [G]holding all the [Dm]cards


How does [G]every single candidate


Still [Dm]look you in the eye


When they [Am]swear they’ll make it [G]better


Telling [Dm]lies




Verse 2


[Dm]I want to find someone


Who [Dm]doesn’t need this job


Yet [Am]still they want to do it


And do [G]not intending to [Dm]rob


[Dm]I’m not talking about


Those [Dm]power hungry throngs


Who’ve [Am]sold their souls for power


Weake[G]ning what once was [Dm]strong




Chorus

I [G]do want to believe


But it’s [Dm]just a little hard


When [Am]truth is the exception


And they’re [G]holding all the [Dm]cards


How can [G]every single candidate


Still [Dm]look you in the eye


When they [Am]swear they’ll make it [G]better


Telling [Dm]lies





Verse 3


Re[Dm]publican or democrat


It [Dm]really doesn’t matter


[Am]One will steal your wallet


While the [G]other’s getting [Dm]fatter


[Dm]What will it take to help


This [Dm]country that I love


[Am]Finally have a government


That [G]somehow climbs a[Dm]bove




Chorus

I [G]do want to believe


But it’s [Dm]just a little hard


When [Am]truth is the exception


And they’re [G]holding all the [Dm]cards


How can [G]every single candidate


Still [Dm]look you in the eye


When they [Am]swear they’ll make it [G]better


Telling [Dm]lies




Verse 4


[Dm]All this petty bickering


Tribu[Dm]lations and trials


Have [Am]gotten oh so tiring


Accu[G]sations and de[Dm]nials


When [Dm]will we learn our lessons


How di[Dm]vided we fall down


But to[Am]gether restore power


To this [G]battle weary [Dm]town




Ending Chorus

[G]Please help to me believe them


It [Dm]has been oh so hard


Help them [Am]Learn to speak in truths


Forti[G]fy this house of [Dm]cards


I pray [G]every single candidate


Can [Dm]look us in the eye


And tell the [Am]truth make us [G]better


No more [Dm]lies



J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: "No More Lies"

Jeff, you want what every right thinking person wants and you put it so eloquently andto a great chord sequence!

A sad fact of politics is that the good people who go into politics to help and make a difference are running to do that very thing while the ones who want the power are running for office.  The good ones get left behind.

Thanks for sharing

cool

I'm the son of rage and love

Re: "No More Lies"

hi jeff i've got a solution ,PUT CHORDIE ADMIN INTO POWER they have got a strong following and are salts of the earth...stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

Re: "No More Lies"

Jets,

There all the same around  the world I feel . The best of them are sucked in.

Start out meaning well and then !!. War tends to drain all the coffers.

They said here today on the news America was heading for the worst recession in years? . Dropped there interest rates by 3/4. which is good for us.

In 6 months here the prices of houses here in some parts have dropped 100,000 Euro. Greedy B######s Now know they gonna be left with them.

Any way you keep writing jets, it seems like your gonna have a lot to write about in the next year. But stay optimistic and smiling. lol Its the only way.

Old Doll.

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !

Re: "No More Lies"

Thanks every one. I'm hoping good things come but after the run we've been having I'm kind of expecting the worst. I will try and keep my chin up.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: "No More Lies"

Amen, Brother Jeff!  I have to keep reminding myself that long political campaigns help to articulate and prioritize the issues that are most important for the nation.  "Change" seems to have emerged as the underlying theme.

The truth people don't want to hear is simple - just changing leaders is not enough . . . we also have to change fundamental attitudes and behaviors.  Our house of cards is doomed to collapse unless citizens/consumers control their greed for more oil and more junk.

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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Re: "No More Lies"

Politics, the root of all evil, well that is now it seems sometimes. That apart it is a good easily played song that perhaps you should record and send it the White House and Congress (anonymously so there are nor reprisals of course).

Wel done,

Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"