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Lyrics for "Killing Game"
May 31, 2013 05:16.03 PM
Stay tuned for a link to hear the song.KILLING GAME
© 2013 Pat Humphries, Sandy O
Moving Forward Music, BMI
www.emmasrevolution.com
My sights are on my target
Enemy on the ground
Sitting in my office
Nobody is around
Matching my coordinates
Focusing my gaze
My finger presses enter
The building is ablaze
Click to check my outcome
Zoom to scan the scene
See in vivid detail
The dead mujahideen
Beside the dead insurgents
Among the broken glass
A tiny lifeless body
Mangled by the blast
So close I can almost touch you
So far I can’t feel the pain
Whose turn in this killing game?
Get my next assignment
Off to Pakistan
Sitting in my office
Joystick in my hand
Set the screen for combat
Out there on my own
I’m the silent pilot
Of the killer drone
Wrapping up my day job
Home to see my wife
Dinner on the table
In my other life
Kids are home from school now
Ending of my day
Mothers wail in silence
Half a world away
So close I can almost touch you
So far almost feel the pain
Whose turn in this killing game?
Bound by twisted blankets
Haunted by my dream
Countless shattered bodies
Flash across my screen
In the dim lit shadows
Hiding in the night
Who will warn the families
Captured in my sights?
Am I just a soldier,
Father or a fool?
Have I sold my soul
To serve as someone’s killing tool?
Which one is my real life?
Somewhere in between?
Is there any distance
Between me and my machine?
So close I can almost touch you
So far still I feel the pain
Whose turn in this killing game?
So close in this killing game
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Where?! And An End to Violence. Period
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Latest enewsletter with guess-our-mystery-city, upcoming shows in NY, MA & KY, reflections on Mother's Day from Cleveland to Mount Rainier, and a spotlight on the Children's Defense Fund. Hope you all had a great Mother's Day. Look forward to seeing you soon!0 Comments
Take 2 & Kiriakou - Mar 2013
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Toffe for V-Day, Peace Ball Photos & More!
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Aileen's Poem for Pat
January 31, 2013 11:12.28 PM
Aileen VancePosted on FaceBook
January 24th 2013
2:39am EST
Someone came up the dark street
This morning before daylight
Trolling for spot cash
For riches
For valuable items
He saw the box
Lying at a front doorstep
And snatched it on the run
Hoping for computers
Or jewels
Checks or expensive microphones
Anything he could cash in on
Not realizing the true value of his theft was in a worn notebook tucked into the side
Later that day
And all into the night
And all the next day and all the days that followed
Songs blew into open doorways
Serenaded workers on picket lines
Lovers by rivers
Eagles soaring the high drafts above the mountains
Women sewing 16 hour shifts in the factories
Schoolchildren
Parents
The nameless person who stole them was forgotten forever
But those songs danced out into the first light of day
And never turned back
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15% Off & Free Shipping on Orders Over $100
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Check out our latest enewsletter "Last Shows & A Sale 4 the Rest of Us", with news wrap-up "from ballots to bibles to babies", 15% off all-US-made, no sweat, many organic cotton Peacewear & CDs & upcoming shows in FL & MD in Dec!45 Comments
New Video--Enough Is Enough
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See our latest video--4 Murdock, Akin, Ryan, Romney & rest of legislators trying 2 roll back women's rights & roll their campaigns over our bodies. Vote for Choice!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liVZnBrwM-A&list=UUERCZTaMxBvI3AY_-z1rQOg&index=1&feature=plcp0 Comments
Buy "Take Your Vagina to the RNC!" Download
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Hi, folks! You can buy our new song, "Take Your Vagina to the RNC!" here: Enjoy the song and keep up with CodePink's actions at the RNC!0 Comments
Take Your Vagina to the RNC!
August 02, 2012 10:03.37 AM
Here's our latest enewsletter w/new song "Take Your Vagina to the RNC!" & new purple organic onesies, too!2 Comments
Hot Tickets in MD, AZ, WI & More
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10th Anniversary of NPR Feature!
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April 26, 2012 05:30.08 PM
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"Occupy the USA!" Download & WashPost Story
October 20, 2011 07:25.48 PM
We spent yesterday recording, mixing and mastering "Occupy the USA!" with Charlie Pilzer of Airshow Mastering and fab DC-area musicians Ken Quam (drums), Avril Smith (electric guitar) and Ira Gitlin (bass) . . . and here it is!Click here for the free download of "Occupy the USA!"
DJs, click here for the broadcast quality aiff audio file of "Occupy the USA!"
Share the song and sing it at the Occupy nearest you! Lyrics and chords below.
And check out this week's Washington Post article, "Occupy Wall Street inspires a new generation of protest songs", about our song and songs by David Rovics and Rebel Diaz.
Occupy the USA
(c) 2011 Pat Humphries, Sandy O
Written Oct 6, 2011; Recorded Oct 20, 2011
Moving Forward Music, BMI
www.emmasrevolution.com
From the new cd, "Revolutions Per Minute" (Release 11/11/11)
(We sing this in Ab. Pat plays G shapes with a capo on the first fret)
C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -G
Welcome to the US Occupation
- - D
To win the hearts and minds
- - G
Defend all humankind
- - - - - - C - - - - - - - - - - - - G
Tell the banks and the corporations
- - - - - - - - - D - - - - - - - - G
We're here to occupy the USA
G- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D
Congress and the hedge funds stole our houses and our pensions
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G
Conspired to steal our healthcare at Conservative conventions
- - - - C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G - - - - - - - - - - Em
We're here to stand our ground we demand our jobs with justice
- - - - A
We're 99% in charge
- - - D
Now you'll just have to trust us
Stop the XL pipeline in its tracks across the Heartland
Reject the filthy energy extracted from the tar sands
Clinton and TransCanada exposed before the nation
Corruption forces us to organize
A new invasion
chorus
This occupation won't be won with guns or ammunition
Armed with creativity and righteous indignation
We do all the work so we have the power to stop it
No workers, no work
Not until we share the profit
chorus
We support our unions and our right to organize
Students, homeless, immigrants are strengthening their ties
We have struggled far too long now let this be a sign
1% in power
Meet the other 99!
Welcome to the US occupation
To win the hearts and minds
Defend all humankind
Tell the banks and the corporations
We're here to occupy the USA
Democratize the USA
We're here to occupy the USA!
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"Occupy the USA"--New Song!
October 08, 2011 02:45.31 PM
Check out FightBack Radio to hear our new song and an interview on the Occupation 2011/Occupy DC and Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline demos that we sang at this week.Video of us singing the song at the Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline demo.
Lyrics and chords to "Occupy the USA" are below. Sing it at your occupation!
And check out these sneak preview songs "Stand Together" and "Rise" from our upcoming release Revolutions Per Minute" (Nov. 2011)!
Occupy the USA
(c) 2011 Pat Humphries, Sandy O
Written Oct 6, 2011; Recorded Oct 20, 2011
Moving Forward Music, BMI
www.emmasrevolution.com
(We sing this in Ab. Pat plays G shapes with a capo on the first fret)
C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -G
Welcome to the US Occupation
- - D
To win the hearts and minds
- - G
Defend all humankind
- - - - - - C - - - - - - - - - - - - G
Tell the banks and the corporations
- - - - - - - - - D - - - - - - - - G
We're here to occupy the USA
G- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D
Congress and the hedge funds stole our houses and our pensions
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G
Conspired to steal our healthcare at Conservative conventions
- - - - C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G - - - - - - - - - - Em
We're here to stand our ground we demand our jobs with justice
- - - - A
We're 99% in charge
- - - D
Now you'll just have to trust us
Stop the XL pipeline in its tracks across the Heartland
Reject the filthy energy extracted from the tar sands
Clinton and TransCanada exposed before the nation
Corruption forces us to organize
A new invasion
chorus
This occupation won't be won with guns or ammunition
Armed with creativity and righteous indignation
We do all the work so we have the power to stop it
No workers, no work
Not until we share the profit
chorus
We support our unions and our right to organize
Students, homeless, immigrants are strengthening their ties
We have struggled far too long now let this be a sign
1% in power
Meet the other 99!
Welcome to the US occupation
To win the hearts and minds
Defend all humankind
Tell the banks and the corporations
We're here to occupy the USA
Democratize the USA
We're here to occupy the USA!
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Donate to RPM: $40K in May!
May 05, 2011 12:58.02 PM
UPDATE October 25th: $20,491 Raised So Far!Thank you so much for your contributions! Since we launched this campaign, you've contributed $20,491. Your contributions funded recording of basic tracks with the band (mid-May), overdubs and recording of songs that didn't call for a band (mid-June), the mixing of the cd (end of July), photos (early Aug), mastering of the cd and recording of "Occupy the USA" as a bonus track (early Oct). We're almost done!! Final steps include graphic design for the cd cover & booklet, and then manufacturing so we can get the cds out to you! We anticipate final costs to be $6,700. So far, 311 people have contributed and pre-ordered "RPM: revolutions per minute." 268 more people pre-ordering RPM ($25) or 67 people pre-ordering The Guest List ($100) will cover it! Many thanks for your support!
See photos from the studio and the latest on the RPM campaign!!
We're recording our next CD and we'd love your support! Click the top button to choose your own donation level or the next two to choose one of our donation levels (scroll down for descriptions). Many, many thanks!!
To donate with a credit card over the phone call us at nine one seven-414-0287 or send a check or money order (payable to "emma's revolution") to us at PO Box 244, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712.
$20 An Early Uprising Get a jump on the revolution with a pre-release download of the cd! (Notes and lyrics will be available on the website.)
43 people have donated at this level
$25 Hot Off the 100%-Recycled-Bottle Press Signed copy of the new cd shipped to you! (We'll be using the most sustainable CD packaging yet, including a CD tray made entirely from water and soda bottles rescued from the landfill or incinerator!)
190 people have donated at this level
For $50 and above, choose signed cd or download option with your level of support.
$50 Laugh Track People always say how much they love Pat's laugh. You'll get the signed copy of the cd, plus a studio recording of her gleeful outbursts to keep you amused or even use as a ringtone!
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$100 Guest List Listen to the Laugh Track as you head over with two free tickets to the show of your choice. Bring your signed cd . . . we'll sign it twice!
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$150 THX 2 U Signed cd, Laugh Track & Guest List all comin' to you. And when we see you at the show, we'll have you sign our copy of the new cd, right next to your name listed on our "Thank You" page!
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$250 R-evolution of a CD Wonder what goes into the making of a CD? Get a glimpse through daily updates from the studio! We'll email a play by play, candid photo, video clip or rough track of a song-in-progress. (Naturally, you also get all the previously listed gifts.)
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$500 Revolution in Real Time Bask in the glow of your computer screen while we serenade you via Skype, with two songs of your choice from the new CD. (Yes, we'll even give you the names of the top secret ones to choose from.) A sweet addition to the cache of aforementioned goodies already coming to you. (Other tech options available.)
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$5000 Producer's Chair All the perks at the Community OrganizER level, plus a day in the studio to catch the recording action live!!
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$10,000 This one takes the cake. Well, actually, the toffee! Producer's Chair, plus the house concert, plus a splendid dinner for two cooked by us (at your house), plus Pat's much-sought-after organic holiday toffee sent to you in December for the next three years!
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