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I have a dream we can return to our way of life before the war
I have a dream, I have a dream
We can return to normalcy
I have a dream, I have a dream
I have a dream, I have a dream
I have a dream we can return to normalcy

Not heroics, but healing
Not nostrums, but normalcy
Not revolution, but restoration
Not agitation, but adjustment
Not surgery, but serenity
Not the dramatic, but the dispassionate
Not experiment, but equipoise
Not submergence in internationality
But sustainment in triumphant nationality

There are major strikes in meat-packing and steel
Fear of these radicals and terrorists is real
There are race riots in Chicago
There are anarchists on Wall Street
The Germans and Catholics are outraged at the British
Fear of these radicals and terrorists is real
Fear of these radicals and terrorists is real

After this Red Summer we need to wash our hands clean
I was there when Eugene crossed the line
In this timeline the white folks stoned him and the child drowned and died
In another timeline Eugene survived
I was there
I was there

Not heroics, but healing (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not nostrums, but normalcy (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not revolution, but restoration (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not agitation, but adjustment (Bring us back Warren G)
Not surgery, but serenity (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not the dramatic, but the dispassionate (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not experiment, but equipoise (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not submergence in internationality (Bring us back Warren G)
Not heroics, but healing (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not nostrums, but normalcy (Bring us back to normalcy)
Not revolution, but restoration (Bring us back to normalcy)

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from It Doesn't Matter Why It Is, It Doesn't Matter If It's Wrong IV, released October 23, 2020
written & recorded by John Elliott

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John Elliott San Francisco, California

“John Elliott is the Andy Kaufman of folk music.”

“Post Seinfeld, Post 9/11 Eyebrow Rock.”

“Well crafted and artful songs by a potentially disturbed individual.”

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