A little double of political ditties just in time for the 4th! A perfect bitter pair of tunes on what it feels like to be an American today... I've set up a June 10, 2007 blog category so you can see the all the songs in one place. Zips available soon too... MP3 (4 MB) Quicktime File (17 MB) IPOD file - M4V (21 MB) James Brown Died on Christmas/Improving Words and Music by Lisa Rein As Performed June 10, 2007 James Brown died on christmas They found him in the morning It came without a warning It seems like only last december I was looking up his police record To settle a trivial family battle And I don't mean no disrespect And I'm not saying anything at all Cause nothing's ever written on the wall But I hope that he's in a better place In a better place It was the first thing I heard on christmas morning I saw it on the tele It was a holiday of tragedy and tyranny When only a few days later We were hanging a dictator As a symbol of democracy And I'm not saying anything Cause no one's even listening anymore And there's not much I really know for sure But I know that he's in a better place In a better place (Improving starts here) Cut off the power lines my friend Shut off the water too The benefits will never end When we're done bringing this to you We're just improving improving yeah yeah yeah improving improving yeah yeah yeah Kill off your family one by one but we'll give you some rights when we're all done yeah It's such a drag but it's not us! If you can tough it out You'll make it. improving improving yeah yeah yeah improving improving yeah yeah yeah improving improving yeah yeah yeah improving improving yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Creative Commons Attribution License
