THE RIGHT TO BREATHE
(Copyright D.Dagenais August 1, 2013)
How can you drink with poison in the water?
How can you breathe with smoke in the air?
How can you think about the almighty dollar?
When it’s choking your sons and daughters
Would you water your family tree?
From that pond full of poison
Would you let your children believe?
They have no right to breathe
They have no right to breathe
How can you see if you’re corrupted by the capital
With blindfold of bills and pay cheques
How you can’t swim where your own father taught you
It’s contaminated by your compromise
Would you trade your memories?
To buy things so easily forgotten
Would you let your children believe?
They have no right to breathe
They have no right to breathe
It’s up to you to make some changes
I will too cause no one is blameless
But you have more strength than you believe
Once you get up, off your knees
You can stand when you’re too frail to function
Just take my hand and my shoulder
It’s all right we can fix what we’ve broken
It’s is not over until it’s over
And we have the right to breathe
Introspective, homespun folk tunes from John Donne that feel informed by the sugary bleakness of '80s and '90s indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 1, 2023