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Hopefully (Let It Be So)

from Hopefully (Let It Be So) by Dr. Pants

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Honest thoughts and feelings about the state of politics in this country. Backing track (mostly) by Kenneth Murray, lyrics and vocals by David. Pretty proud of how this turned out.

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Like Dave from Kids In the Hall I’m just a guy
Trying to navigate what it means to be alive
As a tail end Gen X dude in 2020
OKC ain’t like Philly where it’s always sunny
I stay in Oklahoma so I can be the change
I wanna leave it better than it was when I came
Teach the kids, make the records and write the songs
offer up my thoughts in music whether they be right or wrong
My style is old school But my opinions are not
It’s like a dozen Yes albums, how progressive I’ve got
It don’t take a detective to See our country is complicit
Of protecting the privileged And all their deep pockets, listen
45 never been a president to me
That number’s reserved for 7 inch vinyl, see
White collar criminal don’t get to share a name
With records that inspired me to get into the game

Hopefully not long after this drops
Donald Trump will be in jail
A doer of deeds way worse than emails
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so
Hopefully by the time this record’s out
A few minds will repent
Of their racism directed at immigrants
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so

All the folks on the right say they’re afraid of socialism
They all believe the fearmongers increasing the schism
Between the two factions at war in our nation
All drinking from the fountain of disinformation
I’m not afraid of my tax dollars helping someone else
Who doesn’t have my privilege and can’t help themselves
The playing field isn’t even
Bootstraps are an illusion only the rich believe in
If you’ve lived all your life white, cis and straight
Facts are no one’s gonna try to take your rights away
It’s also true Trump would have never been elected
Without the lies main lined to your brain undetected
The forces at work that want to make you fearful
Only care about power and they’ll give you twenty ears full
Of rhetoric designed to put you on the defensive
And make your vote morally expensive

Hopefully in the future Mike Pence will realize his faith
Preaches oppression to those who differentiate
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so
Hopefully by the time this hits the net one person of privilege
Will decide that it really does take a village
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so

This isn’t the election many wanted
Our hearts are battered, our hearts are haunted
By ideas in our minds of what America could be
What it would look like for all of us to be truly free
Take the gains we can get and keep working keep dreaming
Organize better, try harder, positive scheming
It’s a long road ahead, my friends
Just remember to love each other to the end

Hopefully at some point Mitch McConnell will have a change of heart
Stop trying to tear our country apart
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so
Hopefully by the time this track’s released
A few folks will have done
Something in their town that benefits everyone
And I say to you
Let it be so
Let it be so
Let it be so

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from Hopefully (Let It Be So), released December 4, 2020
Music by Kenneth Murray and David Broyles
Lyrics by David Broyles
Instrumentation by Kenneth Murray and David Broyles
Vocals by David Broyles
Mixed and mastered by David Broyles (don't @ me)

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Dr. Pants Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dr. Pants and Weird Files are the musical monikers of David Broyles, a songwriter/composer from Oklahoma City. Rock, folk, hip hop, electronic music, chamber composition and other things, from a nerdy, quirky perspective.

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