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I wrote a song!

You can listen to it here.

It is inspired by my American Studies class. We had to read "Notes on the State of Virginia." It's not the best song I've ever written, but hey, it's been awhile, and I like writing about America anyway.

Jefferson

Regard these notes on the state of Virginia
As nothing more than a mans attempt
To justify the state of his soul

Regard the blush on my skin
Is it not more beautiful than him?
Regard our flowing locks of hair
Are they not finer and more beautiful than theirs?

And obsessively I will employ the details under science’s guise
I am driven crazy thinking up these lies
And I hope, as I’m penning these ridiculous allabies
That this false data so amassed will cancel out their cries

I wrote, our songs are prettier than theirs
But how alone is that enough to parcel out their souls in shares
I am freer than the son whose weight she bears
I am freer than my sons whose weight she bears

Chorus

And was it me, who wrote that men are equal under God
And was it me, now, cause those words seem rather odd
When I die there’ll be processions as I’m laid under the sod
They will build me marble monuments a sturdy white façade

Chorus

And I hear their spirituals in the lamplight
And it’s well past midnight I can hear the rattling of Indian bones
I hear the cries of the whip and to the skies
I hear nothing at all, I am deaf to their tones

Maybe Hamilton was right the other day when he said that men were evil
Maybe Franklin was right the other day when he said that men are fools
Maybe Adams, God damn Adams, maybe Adams was right was well
When he said Tom, I’ll see you in hell
Tom, I’ll see you in hell

Chorus x 2