Bob Hillman - Freedom's Just Another Word

from More Songs About Birds and Trees by Various Artists

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Yesterday, an educator educated me
A self-directed scholar of the Constitution, he
Understood the founders almost telepathically
They, of course, demanded liberty

Freedom’s just another word for
We will take a stand
Anti-inconvenience
Greater good be damned

No one from the government can tell us what to do
We are not afraid of their apocalyptic flu
We may be, on the other hand, afraid of being told
That we’ve become irrelevant and old

Freedom’s just another word for
Angry men demand
Preferential treatment
Greater good be damned

Mainly, what we talk about throughout the commonwealth
Is how we lived before we went to war with public health
Even in the face of unambiguous research
We will get together in a church

Freedom’s just another word for
I don’t understand
Jesus’s religion
Greater good be damned

Lately, “we the people” are a god-forsaken mess
Genuine Americans refuse to acquiesce
Rather, we repudiate opposing points of view
And I rejoice in terrorizing you

Freedom’s just another word for
Here’s a helping hand
Sorry if it hurts you
Greater good be damned

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from More Songs About Birds and Trees, released April 13, 2021
Mixed by Jonny Flaugher
Mastered by Ranier Gembalczyk for Sienna Digital
(p) and (c) 2021 Lap Cat Music (ASCAP)

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13 singer/songwriters plus one pandemic equals a lot of downtime. That's why the baker's dozen heard here started convening via Zoom once a week to share new songs with each other in the spring of 2020. Many were friends beforehand and some were strangers to each other. But gathering online each week, everyone became intimately acquainted pretty quickly, evolving into an extended musical family. ... more

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