Name: VP 14 Tell It Like It Is
Duration: 3 min 53 s
Channel: Martin Stirrup
Description: "VP 14 Tell It Like It Is" is a song by martin stirrup. a soft-rock number about the dangers of oversensitivity and fear of causing offence...

VP 14 Tell It Like It Is

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a soft-rock number about the dangers of oversensitivity and fear of causing offence...

sensitivity offence oversensitivity

martin stirrup

Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!

Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Peak in subgenre #16

Author

Martin Stirrup

Rights

Martin Stirrup

Uploaded

May 11, 2020

Track Files

MP3

MP3 8.9 MB • 320 kbps • 3:53

Lossless

WAV 39.2 MB

Story behind the song

Few people go out of their way to cause offence, but has the pendulum swung to far? Has freedom of speech become dangerously constrained by fear of causing offence? (And resulting trolling...)

Lyrics

Tell it like it is   (sort of boogie)

                   E
We live in sensitive times
F#G    E
     I've got to watch my mouth
I choose a careless rhyme
F#G E
     And it could all go south
        G     A
But think for a moment, think for a while
C   D
     Are things just heading in a dangerous style
G  G#    A
     Sometimes I think they just take the piss
C     D         E
Sorry for your feelings but sometimes you've got to tell it like it is


We live in sensitive times
And things can get intense
Although I never mean
To cause offence
Another thing that's worth a mention
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I won't seal it with a traitor's kiss
Sorry for  your feelings but sometimes you've got to tell it like it is

G  F#7
Dont assume that everyones picking on you
GF#7
Thats an egocentric thing to do
GF#7
    So if the air starts turning blue
DE
      Keep you cool or youre gonna get screwed

I've been through tougher times
I grew a thicker skin
Words can only hurt
If you let them in 
Well sticks and stones can break my bones
Words cut through a different zone
But none the less you know I'm sure of this
Sorry for  your feelings but sometimes you've got to tell it like it is

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