Tales From A Nomad In No Man's Land
Tony Anderson
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Tales From A Nomad In No Man’s Land WRITTEN BY: TONY D. ANDERSON While I was thinkin’ back to the 1980’s About the drug war Now they say we’ve spent more on this war Than all the other wars combined It was around this same time, That all this started up, A whole lot of mental hospitals Shut down for good, All the occupants just spilled on out Into the neighborhoods, we’ll call em’ homeless Did we the people do this? Then I jumped up, 1991, to Portland, Oregon Started meetin’ a lot of Vietnam veterans, Native American Indians, who had a particular liking, A respect, an affinity, for the thunderbird So I stopped and I listened to what they had to say On that average six, seven, eight hour day I’d be outside strummin’ away on Morrison Avenue See, they were they only folks who didn’t have Any place to go, I was on their home turf, ya’ know Except that one day, the banker on his lunch break Wanted to trade places with me I said, “ No thanks “ Well it doesn’t matter how old you are When it hits you, if it’s true Propaganda points to what time tells Fact or fiction, which makes for better news? Ah someone just play me a good song or two That helps get me through Then I noticed something kind of interesting Sort of disturbing around the holidays, Especially Christmas Anybody out there on the streets maybe looked A little undesirable, begging with a paper cup They drove em’ clear outta’ downtown Swept em’ off the sidewalks like a high pressure, Power washer steam cleaner, on Hollywood Boulevard One day, one of the cops came up to me, he said, “ Tony, those people, they’re bad for business When the shoppers’ see em’ it makes em’ all depressed They don’t wanna’ buy anything. “ I said, “ Oh what a mess. “ I saw a lot of fancy cars choking down main-street While pretty girls, skip to the beat of a lonesome heart I got to thinkin’ I realized, there’s no parking lots For thoughts on stars, each one wishing for what The others got Learnin’ what I learn, moneys a concern Sometimes I leave behind Situations strike, complications outta your control I’m broke, but I manage to find The right places, at the right times Well it doesn’t matter how old you are When it hits you, if it’s true Propaganda points to what time tells Fact or fiction, which makes for better news? Ah someone just play me a good song or two That helps get me through Copyright 2006 by Tony D. Anderson / Six Foot And Sea Level Records
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