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Written in the summer of 2020, while America reeled from the murder of George Floyd. Video for this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJA_0RurKy0 though I revised the lyrics and remixed the song after posting the video.

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The Right Side of History (September 2020)

Look out on the streets, you see they’re empty, save the refugees
Seeking an escape from isolation
The peacemakers and warriors The bridges and the barriers
Six feet, a million miles of separation

Well, here’s the fork in the road, the crucial episode
And we are caught in its twisted plot
Shades of gray meet the light of day
Now’s the time to find some spine

Are we gonna be on the right side of history?

When science challenged God, the Church left Galileo in the lurch
And put the earth right back there at the center
When superstition rules the day and dogma dictates what we say
The status quo’s not kind to its dissenters

Here’s the line in the sand, will you take a stand?
Find your voice and make your choice
The story is told below the fold
Now’s the time, make up your mind!

Are you gonna be on the right side of history?
Or are you gonna be on the wrong side?

Caesar at the Rubicon
Lincoln still awake at dawn
Fate and fortune forged in flames
You decide, the world will change

The bridges where John Lewis marched
The churches where the bombs went off
The suffragettes who finally won the battle
The trolls and the provocateurs, the cynics and the saboteurs
As if we were a mindless herd of cattle

There are lessons to learn from the scars and the burns
One more take to fix the mistakes
The lines are drawn, we can’t get this wrong
If we’re as strong as the wall of moms

Because we’re gonna be on the right side of history

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from Mixing Metaphors, track released March 1, 2022
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Bob McPeek Gainesville, Florida

The founder of Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, Bob McPeek has produced, engineered, and/or played on at least 10,000 songs for artists as diverse as Bo Diddley, River Phoenix, and Less Than Jake.

Mixing Metaphors is his first solo album of original material, showcasing the considerable songwriting, performing, and producing skills applied for his own material at long last. ... more

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