Right In Front Of Our Nose!
Side A of my "political single"
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Voice (tenor), rock ensembleFriedman: The Political Single/Side A
The A-side of my Political Single
So I “did a thing” during the pandemic: I wrote a rock song – both music and lyrics. I usually say “I’m smart enough to not write lyrics…” but, as I had something to say, and was in lock down, I decided to try and do both. The song Right In Front Of Our Nose was written to help celebrate the brief passing of the dark moments in 2020 and the hope that a brighter moment had arrived. Hm…. I had a lot of fun writing the song and thought of it as a mixture of homage to British 70’s Prog-Rock/Blues and a bit of musical theater story telling. I’d like to thank the amazingly multi-talented star tenor Ben Gulley for singing and putting together the video.
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You tell me that you have run out of time:
You can't finish now, no matter, no how.
You tried to commit the perfect crime.
It can't be traced,
You won't ever face doing time
Sometimes you find It's a horror
Then you realize slower's smarter.
You can do things out in the open
If you slow down so it
Can't be found:
Right in front of our nose!
Just do it now Right in front of our Nose!
They say the weak shall inherit the earth.
That is untrue, never for you.
Weak-willed is not what they had in mind.
Stand up to him, or chances are slim for your kind.
Often You find People willing.
Weak-kneed, Suck-ups want the "thrilling."
Power, sizzling, line up you Quislings!
Say "Good-bye"
Your soul has died: Right in front of our nose!
Just do it now Right in front of our Nose!
Just what drives you nobody knows.
Evil thrives in you a tale of many woes.
Have you no humanity?
Of course, you don't.
Creating this calamity,
Stop!? You won't.
Doing this, doing that, take a piss, release the rat!
Right in front of our Nose!
Right in front of our Nose!
Right in front of, Right in front, Right in front, Right in front…
It's time to go, you have done enough.
Brought it all down, smashed to the ground, people have drown,
So, let's send off the clown: Right in front of our nose!
© 2020
Joel Phillip Friedman
Grey Bird Music