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Together We're Strong

from Arrivederci 2020 by Tom Smith

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We have to get our country back.

Not merely away from the evil bastards -- the vile and greedy men and women who think only in terms of money and power, the ones we will not compromise with -- but from the people they've fooled. The ones they've brainwashed. Your friends, neighbors, and family, who believe all the damn lies.

Those folks aren't going away. They're the ones we have to learn how to get along with again.

It may not work.

But they're our friends and neighbors and family. We have to try.

And we have to show them that we are indeed better together.

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We’ve got two different versions of reality,
And both sides think they're the one that’s right.
But one side wants to help, and the other wants to hurt,
And I know the one for which I’m gonna fight.

I’ve got so many friends who have been targeted,
Just for trying to live just how they are,
It’s gone on far too long, it's ignorant and wrong,
But now I think our side may go too far.

I’m not giving up, not backing down,
I’m not letting the bad guys take over my town
But also I’m not willing to let hatred take my heart,
There’s too much killing, some want civil war to start,
But we can show them all this hatred is wrong,
Show them that together we’re strong.

No one said “make friends with Nazis”,
No one said “transphobes are great”,
Our neighbors, family and friends
Have been manipulated for others’ ends,
And I’m so damn tired of carrying all this hate.

Your dad who listens to Hannity and Limbaugh,
Your mom who watches Fox News every night,
Your brother who’s been told that kids are bought and sold,
They've been lied to till they don't know what's right.

I’m not giving up, not backing away,
I’ll look evil in the face and tell it, “Not today”,
But also I’m not willing to abandon all those fooled
By years of propaganda from those by whom we’re ruled.
This division has gone on far too long.
We can show them together we’re strong.

You want to give up on them? Well, here, I’ve got a list,
If someone wants you dead, just walk away.
The ones who are pissed because you exist,
They don't deserve to know you anyway.

But you’ve got some people who still know how to love,
Some neighbors who help out when things get rough.
To offer them a third chance is foolish and absurd,
But one second chance just might be enough.

The rotten people running things have gotten what they want,
We’re at each other's throats, no end in sight,
But now’s the time to say we’re no longer gonna play,
We want to get back to doing what's right.

You can't convince a fascist or an incel,
Misogyny and racism are still there,
But you can fight back, stay on the proper track,
And also find the lost ones who still care.

I’m not giving up, I’m not backing down,
I’m not suffering the evil in which my country's drowned,
But also I'm not willing to hate like the fools in the fight,
The ones who’ve let themselves be the tools of the right.
We don't have to forgive them, so stand up and condemn,
We’ll show them that together we're stronger than them.

I’m not giving up, I’m not backing down,
I’m never gonna stop pulling our country back around,
But also I’m not willing to hate for one more hour,
I’m not going to give the evil bastards that much power.
And I’ll give one more chance to the throng
Of people who were lied to for so long.

To remember what's right and what is wrong,
To remember that together we’re strong.

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from Arrivederci 2020, released August 28, 2021

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Weird Al with more books, JoCo with more jokes, Carlin with more Cthulhu. Since 1985, Tom Smith has been breaking hearts, minds, and laws of propriety and physics with his insane blend of sf/fantasy, Life With Computers, pop culture, politics, and puns. More than twenty albums later, he maintains the best is yet to come. ... more

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