My latest is a single written in tribute to the victims of the last three back-to-back mass shootings in Gilroy, CA Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX in 2019.
Get Up, Stand Up, March, Vote!!
- tgr
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Oh No…
(Listen to me now)
Let’s go to the park and play for a while
Hang out with family enjoy all the smiles
Laugh at the jokes, embrace all the love
What a wonderful gift, time, sent from above
It’s nice to see all your friends hanging out, too
This festival of love is what it’s come to
People from all over have traveled today
To help us enjoy this harvest this day
It’s nice to see how we gather and play
Community love of the town where we stay
But, suddenly everyone’s running away
People are dying from bullets today …
Oh no, oh no
Oh no … Oh no, no, no … God Bless You, Gilroy
Oh no … Oh no, no, no
This is the time of our lives to rejoice
Young and hard-working – now let’s make some noise
Night time's right time for Dayton’s young ones
The clubs, the arcades, the dancing, the fun
Working all week it’s time to get out
We’ll meet up with friends and wander around
Which place to hang out, or maybe outside
A wonderful time to be alive
It’s a clear night and everyone’s here
Friends meeting friends – laughter and cheer
Suddenly, everyone’s running and falling
People are dying – another psycho came calling
oh no, oh no
Oh no … Oh no, no, no … God Bless You, Dayton.
Oh no, Oh no no no
Out in a West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with the Mexican people
Hard working, fun loving always so nice
It’s hard not to figure out the people inside
So close to the border of Old Mexico
People cross daily to shop and then go to
Cielo Vista the mall they embraced
They love all the shops brings a smile to their faces
The unthinkable, it happens again
People are running – and dying - again
A lone gunman comes from nine hours away
To shoot all the brown ones, to make "America great …"
Oh no … Oh no … God Bless You, El Paso
Get Up, Stand Up, March, Vote!!
Get Up, Stand Up, March, Vote!!
Get Up, Stand Up, March, Vote!!
Get Up, Stand Up, March, Vote!!
You need to keep on
Walking that, walking that road
Don’t stumble or, stumble or fall
Life is not, life is not over
Life will go, life will go on
A new day, a new day is dawning
And you will be, you will be stronger
If you keep walking that, walking that road
Till the grey skies, the grey skies are gone
(Written, Produced, Arranged & Performed by Tomás)
