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Raytheon Rejectors [1]
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Folk song with Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen on mandolin
war resistance environment raytheon
Folk singer, social commentary, satire, people's stories, children's music
Hi Folks, The Bard Insurgent here. My comrade D.O. (the Poet Roofer) and I got that handle (The Bard Insurgents) from traveling town to town performing songs and poetry about people's lives. I've been performing since I was 3 years old, cutting my vocal chords on liturgical and classical music. I was a concert soloist as a child, when I wasn't herding cows, throwing hay and shoveling manure. During the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam war, I began writing songs about social change. I left the country in 1970 and my dozen years in other countries, mostly in Africa & South America, have provided a global perspective to my music. My travels helped me realize that people all around the world are essentially the same in their basic life needs and their desires to live peacefully in their communities. These experiences have informed my commitment to working for international understanding as I organize at home. A powerful way to educate and inspire is with music. I tell people's stories, do social commentary with a touch of satire that I hope you enjoy and share with your friends, as well as sing together in the streets and in your living rooms. I also have children's music written for the children in my life with Jacob and Kayla as primary muses. Looking forward to seeing you on the road, Tom
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
#129 in subgenre Peak #3
Charts
Peak #18
Author
Tom Neilson
Rights
Tom Neilson 2022
Uploaded
August 23, 2022
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MP3 9.4 MB • 320 kbps • 4:06
Story behind the song
Ken Jones told me about the environmentally, economically and humanly destructive war machine plant in Asheville, NC and their attempts to stop it.
Lyrics
Pratt & Whitney’s a Raytheon Division & they say they make their engines with precision They gave Asheville a financial provision It’s always good to grease a palm when you want to drop a bomb And it helps when you buy the decision. Now if Asheville wants to go and drop a bomb They’ll have a brand new engine from Pratt & Whitney Raytheon It doesn’t matter that the planes don’t fly; They just want a piece of the pie While they feed your money to the Pentagon We’re building engines for planes that don’t fly; F35s fall from the sky We’re building engines & we don’t ask why Just want a piece of the pie For aerostructure, military avionics Aeronautical system electronics They’ll pollute your water and your soil, then go & get the gas & oil Critical thought is in a state of catatonics Now Asheville has cyber security It can build a plane to bomb an enemy It doesn’t matter where, the engines take ‘em there How it works in a war economy We’re building engines for planes that don’t fly; F35s fall from the sky We’re building engines & we don’t ask why; Just want a piece of the pie On Earth Day, Asheville earth Protectors Conversion economy architectors For two hours shut down the war industry No making war machines in their community. Citations for these Raytheon rejectors We’re building engines for planes that don’t fly; F35s fall from the sky We’re building engines & we don’t ask why Just want a piece of the pie 100 million in subsidies to cut down all the trees; Environment toxicities, human calamities War is leading to extinction; you’ll go out with out distinction I guess you A better ask why. Not a good piece of pie It’s time to answer the call. Reject Raytheon we say, Let’s work for the day When there’s plenty of pie for all
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