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Written during the war of agression against Iraq, led by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Inc.

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Just Because

we cranked up the old calliope
dragged out the dancing bear
but he seems to have lost the stomach for the show business life
and where is the girl with the endless smile
and the skimpy little costume?
where's the big wheel we're supposed to strap her to?
where is the knife?

people put your hands together
let's have a big round of applause
for the empty stage beneath the spotlight
just because
just because
just because

wise folk studied the ancient texts
they read between what's in between the lines
and for some of our deepest spiritual ills
they found a remedy
ah, but the words of wisdom were proclaimed
at a most inopportune time
they were drowned out by the laugh track
of a situation comedy

people put your hands together
let's have a big round of applause
for the empty glow of the TV screen
just because
just because
just because

there's a lot of us now so dismayed
look around, it's not hard to see why
with the dollars for bombs and not books
while the Blackhawks and predator drones fill the skies
and the smokescreen voices go on and on about
"No Child Left Behind"
would that include the ones who forage for food
among the scatterbombs?
or the ones who step on the land mines?

people put your hands together
let's have a big round of applause
for the empty place in our collective heart
just because
just because
just because

people put your hands together
let's have a big round of applause
for the empty place in our collective heart
just because
just because
just because
just because
just because
just because
just because
just because
just because

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released July 3, 2020
Samm Bennett: vocal and all other instruments
Recorded at Polarity Studio, Tokyo, Japan
All Words and Music Copyright Samm Bennett - All Rights Reserved

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Samm Bennett - Polarity Records Tokyo, Japan

Singer and songwriter, player of unusual string instruments such as 3-string and 1-string guitar, plus jaw harps, mouthbow, electronics and junk, plus all manner of drums and percussion.

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