MAGNITUDE for Michael Brown
“The power of folk: With her voice and a guitar, Karin Blaine crafts a soulful exchange”y Tyler Horner for Inland 360, April 2, 2019
by Tyler Horner for Inland 360 April 2, 2019I LOVE JULIAN
for Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks
Don’t stand in the dark and lie to me
Come into the light so I can see
The blood on your hands, the evil in your eyes
I love Julian!
It’s gonna get ugly, it’s gonna get rough,
I know just how tough they’re gonna play
They wanna shut you down, they gotta shut you up
I love Julian!
The titans are trembling
The tyrants scared
Of Delilah cutting off their hair
Well-coiffed secrets are falling to the floor
I love Julian!
The uniforms and the business suits
Are terrified that we will see the truth
That they’re bleeding us dry
They’re taking everything we got
I love Julian!
All of the heroes I’ve ever loved
Have been shot, jailed or hung
For telling the truth, for saying it straight
For taking the heat and I love Julian!
See the monster with his mask
See the bully with his guns and his gas
See the people marching in the street
I love Julian!
See the shiny war machine
That fights a foe I do not know or see
While mercenaries profit
And the politicians preen
I love Julian!
It won’t be pretty and it won’t be nice
The truth requires a sacrifice
There is a cost
We must be willing to pay
I love Julian!
The truth is a lover in the night
Passionate and hot
The truth whispers in your ear
“ Now’s the time to JUST STAND UP!”
Sometimes it’s a word,
Sometimes it’s an act
Sometimes it’s a march in the street.
Sometimes it’s quiet,
Sometimes it’s a riot Sometimes it’s a leak
And I love Julian!
All of the heroes I’ve ever loved
Have been shot, jailed or hung
For telling the truth, for saying it straight
For taking the heat and I love Julian!
I love Julian, oooh, oooh|
I love Julian!
I LOVE JULIAN!
© ℗2011 Words & Music Karin Blaine/dudessdahlia records
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
GAZA
protest against US invasion of Iraq in 2003
Oh, mama! Look up in the sky.
Another star has lost it’s light
It used to shine on Gaza but it is no more
Oh! the darkness loves a war
I had a father with a gentle heart who taught me wrong from right
Then one day he didn’t come home
And now I just want to fight
Oh, Mama! Look up in the sky
Another star has lost it’s light
It used to shine on Baghdad but it is no more
Oh! the darkness loves a war
I had a sister with a beautiful laugh that made living worthwhile
Then one day she got caught in a blast
And now I just want to kill
Oh, Mama! Look up in the sky
Another star has lost its light
It used to shine on Kandahar but it is no more
Oh! the darkness loves a war
Gather ‘round all ye lovers of peace the night is closing in
Comes join hands with me and we’ll take to the streets again
Some love war and some will kill but it is not our fate
Believe love will conquer hate!
Oh, Mama! look up in the sky
Another star has lost it’s light
It used to shine on Manhattan but it is no more
Oh! the darkness loves a war.
It used to shine on Manhattan but it is no more
Oh! the darkness loves a war.
© ℗ 2003 words & music Karin Blaine/dudessdahlia records
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE DECISION IS MINE
written in celebration of Roe v. Wade 15 year anniversary
Oh, the news! it ain’t so good
I was hoping for a different answer
I ain’t the first, no I won’t be the last
I’m just another woman in that age old bind
They can make it whatever they want
They can make it legal, they can make it a killin’ crime
They can make it whatever they want
The decision is mine!
It’s the same old story we’ve come to know
Somebody’s getting’ elected on a woman’s soul
And down our bodies the line is drawn
The sides are taken and the fight is on
They can make it whatever they want
They can make it legal, they can make it a killin’ crime
They can make it whatever they want
The decision is mine!
Throw me in a cop car
Convict me of a crime
I’m guilty of being a woman
Making her own choice
For her own life
If you’ve never been there, then never go
‘Cause it’s a lonely, lonely walk through a mixed up world
With just your god by your side
That god who watches over women in that aged old bind,
They can make it whatever they want
They can make it legal, they can make it a killin’ crime
They can make it whatever they want
The decision is mine!
© ℗ 1988 words & music Karin Blaine/dudessdahlia
records
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED