No doubt about it, the Inauguration of President Elect Obama
is a moment that we should celebrate.
But in all of joy that we will be feeling and sharing, I think we need to remember those of us who are no longer here to celebrate with us because of the actions of
George W. Bush.
That’s what this song by
Ronnie Ray Jenkins does.
It remembers.
Thank You Ronnie Ray and keep singing for us.
a.m.
( note below is from Ronnie Ray Jenkins.Com )
George W. Bush Jr deserves a tribute of sorts. …He goes back to the freshly painted mansion in Dallas, missed by few, but will always be remembered. If the spirits could talk, what would they ask of their loved ones? In this case, this ghost soldier wants Bush and Cheney to remember how their lies, cost him his life.
RRJ
“They Lied…We Died”
We walked the waving hill of wheat, the day I said goodbye
With sunbeams on our shoulders, and teardrops in your eyes
Your glowing face was filled with pride, and mine was filled with glory
Now you know, as this ghost does, their cause was just a story.
I promised you that I’d return, as we walked hand in hand
With whispered dreams as lovers do with marriage in our plans
Of raising baseball playing kids and we’d watch them from the stands
Of fishing trips, and picnics, and castles made of sand.
But they lied.
Yes, they lied.
And we died.
And you cried.
When the singing wind reminds you of how things used to be
Don’t cry for me, I’m singing still… upon some gentle breeze
Now, I’m all around you in the moon, the stars and sky
Ever young in memory because of rich men’s lies.
Yes, they lied.
And we died.
And you cried.
All our dreams are empty now, my soul floats with regret
Cheated of this life of mine, I hadn’t lived it yet.
Someday I know that you’ll move on, young lovers always do,
There is just one thing that I am gonna ask of you
Is remind that man in Dallas, and in Wyoming too,
That their lies pulled the trigger, and took me away from you.
And they lied.
And we died.
And you cried.
Irregular Bones 
