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Innocent
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This is a country-style protest song, describing everything I learned during the year I studied law...
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Charts
Peak #427
Peak in subgenre #87
Author
MaryK
Rights
1996, 2003
Uploaded
February 23, 2004
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MP3 3.1 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Personal experience. I've just had too damn much of it.
Lyrics
Judicial wheels turn slowly but inexorably on With check and balance written in by men like Madison The Constitution was designed to be most fair to all But that doesn't matter to the one who takes the fall... The lawmen drool and slobber and the jackels gather 'round The media cries "Havoc!" at the story that they've found While lawyers calculate their fees and witnesses are coached And those voir dire'd for jury duty secretly approached... But what if he's innocent? He's surely guilty By media coverage he's tried too soon He couldn't be innocent-- he must be guilty Busted in the morning, and convicted by noon The people are not qualified to understand the law We'd like to tell attorneys they can stick it up their craw But when we've been arrested and our lives are on the line We willingly will pay their fee, 'cause Justice isn't blind But what if we're innocent? We're surely guilty By media coverage we're tried too soon We couldn't be innocent-- we must be guilty Busted in the morning and convicted by noon (2x)
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