Shinola For Brains
I told my friend Gary, I was afraid to go to New York City, and all the blacks, and Gary said, "They're just people". So much for prejudice. - - Gary told me that he was color blind later. Or, colored blind? - - -
Joel 2:28 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Well, I hate to admit it, but the levels are off to this song. I thought that we were going to add vocals to this, but it ended up a blues harmonica solo, in A, played by Bing, incidentally. So, I turned down the harmonica track!!!
Shinola For Brains was created to give hope and to shine light where there had been murkiness. With "The Wars all Stop", its lyric was in a way meant to offend but few people, and to offer hope to everybody else.
This song is about what my brother Bing saw in photographs taken from space. Physically, our continent seems to be separating. The lyrics have not been written down on paper, though. Just here.