John Prine, Sleepy Eyed Boy, Innocence Lost

[15palmtree]

Its a shame they dont play stuff like this on the radio.

[TheGrandCapt]

I love the picture of the young colored boy with the AK-47

[DNMP69]

Looking for a video of john playing in a kitchen,I dont remember the song

can someone help me out

[EGHO91]

@DNMP69 Search youtube for 'Happy Enchilada', that might be the one?

[theodorewilson42]

only john only john

[nickpug]

A great marriage of music and images. Thank you.

[MrGripStick]

This is great another great story from John. Love IT

[4lsc88ho302s]

A great Artist is driven by perception, and reality---

[RobertBoogPowell]

if you can "hear it" I'll tell you where "we" goofed...

Cain slew (murdered) Abel..

and Cain's seed-line walks today in the nations of the earth

[xgenra]

Ive been reading a lot of history, both american and world.

hoping to find where I can say...ok, right here is where we fucked up.

this is where it got bad.

i cant.

does anyone have any input for me?

what can we do to make it right?

[sirjazzboneoffuntune]

We have never been noble or just. we are what we are and that just happens to be greedy jealous self absorbed animals. there is no point where we went wrong we've been wrong from the start.

[arthurdonachy]

can you be more specific comrade

in some places we are improving

y'know prejudice and such

[sirjazzboneoffuntune]

awe inspiring photographs well done very well done

[scotishjohn]

still great

thanks

[johnprinehobo]

The image of the boy with the assault rifle was the saddest image for me.

[RedKruzer]

So very very well done.

[bulbheadmyass]

Back for another viewing of this great video. I love the music you put to these extraordinary images, so perfect. --Jan

[07rebelde]

Your comments are beautiful. In the same way this song is so sad, yet beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[identitytraveler]

Ratings disabled above & so here I give you all the stars in the world for your video & bringing attention to the most valuable thing in this wide world - innocence.

[KeathGraham]

Once again you've managed to touch my heart with a song I'm surprised I've never heard before. The slide show and the comments are so perfect for the presentation. We all start out sleepy-eyed, don't we, and then, what becomes of us once we awaken? Who do we become. Thanks you for this video.

[JohnBoudreaux]

A very moving video.

Thank you for putting this up.

And thank you for finding this wonderful Prine song and connecting it.

[greanteawoman]

Thank you JB! I so appreciate your kind comment. I've always loved this Prine song, it's one of my favorites.

[bulbheadmyass]

Wow, what a great vid this is. You've done an awesome job with the images over this wonderful John Prine song.

[greanteawoman]

Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment BHMA. Your name is killing me here! :-D I appreciate knowing that you believe that I used the Prine song appropriately, to focus on something within society that is difficult to confront.

[bulbheadmyass]

Absolutely, greanteasoman. Re my name, I recently did a tag response vid (called "Tag Myass ...") wherein I actually reveal some secret of the origin of bulbheadmyass. :^)

[greanteawoman]

... going to see if I can find BHMA's vid response to learn about that name ;-)

[eekabostatic]

Beautiful job you did on this! I really love that song so much and was just planning to do my own tribute. But the pictures you've chosen go so well with the song. Especially like the "well where I filled my cup" and the last two Prine pictures.

[greanteawoman]

Thanks eek, for your comment. I realize the subject matter is difficult to view, but unfortunately it's a reality in the world today. I'd love to see your tribute if you decide to do one.

[scotishjohn]

yea but its real i have seen it in sierra leon.liberia,haiti,bouganville and some

[greanteawoman]

sj true. Started the video to highlight the violence in Kingston and all Jamaica. Folks who holiday usually have no clue of deadly life Ja people endure. Ja. murder rate is one of the highest in the world.

The video evolved to include areas all around the world i.e. those you stated.

Many of the shots in the vid are from Kingston. The little boy screaming had just learned his brother had been murdered. The masked gunman at the end is sitting in a tenement yard near Trenchtown in Kingston.