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Sit Down and Talk

from Seven Long Years by Bill Rutherford

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lyrics

I dream of a world where scores can be settled
With points of information
Not physical aggression

And in this dream, politicians can be heckled
But getting home safely
Doesn't call for discretion.

There always seems to be a man who’s ready for violence
When he feels like his point of view is being silenced.

But at the end of it all, when the last bomb falls
When the bullets have been fired and the soldiers have expired.
When the dead can no longer be counted
And the pain on all sides has mounted
Till no one has the strength remaining
To throw a punch despite their training
We'll still all have to sit down and talk it out.

We should raise our glasses in celebration
Or our voices in anger
But never our fists in rage

Draw cartoons in satirical imitation
But don't draw blood.
De-escalate, disengage.

There always seems to be a man ready for violence
When he feels like his point of view is being silenced

But at the end of it all, when the last bomb falls
When the bullets have been fired and the soldiers expired.
When the dead can no longer be counted
And on all sides the pain has mounted
Till no one has the strength remaining
To throw a punch despite their training
We'll still all have to sit down and talk it out.

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from Seven Long Years, released December 24, 2018

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Bill Rutherford England, UK

Bill’s childhood was itinerant and tumultuous. Travelling round the globe before he turned seven, his family eventually settled in Kent, UK. Music and songwriting were interests from an early age, but not till Bill's teenage years did the carousel of hobbies finally come to rest, with a guitar in one hand, drum sticks in the other, and a head full of effervescing dreams of rock & roll symphonies. ... more

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