Whew... I just listened... I feel the same way. I pulled up the lyrics to read also and I just had to weep some... and it's not my time of the month :0
Not all that different at the feeling level for those of us who watched the last president we actually believed in get murdered... and then the craziness of Vietnam... and everything since. I feel for this generation of young adults.
My great hope is that our children have what it will take to make the changes we didn't seem to be able to muster as the 60's generation turned into acquisitve, complacent yuppies. We can only hope for the next 7 generations. We can pray we will have 7 more...
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Date: 2008-07-16 06:58 pm (UTC)Not all that different at the feeling level for those of us who watched the last president we actually believed in get murdered... and then the craziness of Vietnam... and everything since. I feel for this generation of young adults.
My great hope is that our children have what it will take to make the changes we didn't seem to be able to muster as the 60's generation turned into acquisitve, complacent yuppies. We can only hope for the next 7 generations. We can pray we will have 7 more...