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Downpour Downtrodden

from Something Pretty Something True by Arielle Silver

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Downpour, downtrodden
We're all trapped troopers in the latest offensive
And if I seem defensive
I'm just a little apprehensive
Of any dogma that's constantly repeated in all the media
Until we finally start to believe in it

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Yeah, well, sometimes my straps go slack
And my boots are cracked in the acid snow
And I don't know how much chemical warfare
We can bear

I stare at the latest fashion plate, SUV, Hummer, tank
Rolling over the latest legislation
Salutations to our fine leaders
Who belt buckles grow loose
With the pheromones of checks and loans of corporations
That have their best interests at heart

We can start in the mutual masturbation of conversation
But talk is cheap if we just speak and weep,
sit and spin
Nothing changes, we don't win in the din of talk if no one chalks a plan
Stands up and actually does something different for a change
Different for change

I challenge you, Team America, to turn your back on the black oxygen being slid across the sea in slick glides
Greasy tides rolling up along our shore
Fuel for our war
Our good natured reputation spoiled
Try reaping our own soil
Run your car on veggie oil

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from Something Pretty Something True, released October 1, 2006
Song by Arielle Silver
Produced by Arielle Silver and Chris Florio
Engineered by Chris Florio at Passion Records and Rich Mendelson at Reach Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Rich Mendelson at Reach Studios

Cover photo by Kelly Davidson
Design by Arielle Silver

Acoustic guitar / vocals / clarinet: Arielle Silver
Electric guitar: Hammarsing Kharhmar
Bass: Mariana Iranzi
Drums / percussion: Scott Manley

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Arielle Silver Los Angeles, California

Music Connection TOP 2020 PROSPECTS and
American Songwriter Daily Discovery, Arielle Silver's songs have the heart of Laurel Canyon, the pulse of Americana, and the soul of the Chelsea Hotel. Her long-awaited upcoming album, A THOUSAND TINY TORCHES, was community-funded and releases June 2020. The Boston Globe called Something Pretty Something True album,“Lovely songwriting and arrangements,” ... more

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