Generation of Peace

from Our Lives in Starlight by John Dingo

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Does a river care if you wade out in its waters?
It'll knock you down and wash you to the sea
Doesn't matter if you worship or believe in it
It just is, and it will be, for as long as it can

Oh, everyone's nostalgic for the place where they grew up
So you can keep your Western arrogant perspective
It's not that you don't matter, but you don't matter more
Than the people you evict, belittle, and ignore

With your colonizer's mind, you think, "Oh I could make it better,
And I don't need a conscience or your permission."
You watch the dollar signs and skulls collide in fireworks
In a land of burning riches and collapse

So I'll keep an open mind just to upset you
And I'll know my moral growth is not completed
I'll get strong, and smart, and skilled, and even happy
As I dedicate my life to knocking you down

Here's to say it's hard to be optimistic
Here's to say it's easy to despair
Here's to say I will not be complacent
Whatever life we make will be our own

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from Our Lives in Starlight, released May 1, 2022

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John Dingo Williamsburg, Iowa

John Dingo is the musical alter-ego of S.P. Burnham.

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