12. Fiddle and the drum

Artist: A Perfect Circle
Album: eMOTIVE
Track 12: Fiddle and the drum
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And so once again,
My dear Johnny, my dear friend,
And so once again you are fighting us all,
And when I ask you why,
You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall,
Oh, my friend,
How did you come?,
To trade the fiddle for the drum,
You say I have turned,
Like the enemies you´ve earned,
But I can remember,
All the good things you are,
And so I ask you please,
Can I help you find the peace and the star?,
Oh, my friend,
What time is this?,
To trade the handshake for the fist

And so once again,
Oh, America my friend,
And so once again,
You are fighting us all,
And when we ask you why,
You raise your sticks and cry and we fall,
Oh, my friend,
How did you come,
To trade the fiddle for the drum

You say we have turned,
Like the enemies you´ve earned,
But we can remember,
All the good things you are,
And so we ask you please,
Can we help you find the peace and the star?,
Oh my friend,
We have all come,
To fear the beating of your drum

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[DeeM10123]

This song was originally wrote by a Canadian about the violent streak that America had in the Cold War, We traded a co-existance and peacfull demeanor (the fiddle) for that of a war machine, trying to destroy Communism (the drum). America did everything besides invasion (in some places they did this too) to stop countries from becoming Communist. It made us appear evil to many nations, our neighbor Canada included. Its not about New Order bullshit-just the Cold War

[DeanMartin1231]

A former U.S. Army soldier...

Resonates from his soul.

[lokturnus]

this song can also be a great example of what is happening here in America today.... Its sad but true :(

[Sodirr]

@AWickedMind "America (and American) bashing is so common it borders on trendy." I could not agree more.

@TheRockerStudios I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Liberal, and even I find you whiny and pretentious. Says something...

[marriedsephi]

@DeeM10123, Joni Mitchell was singing about the cold war? I think not. Probably the Vietnam war, since it came out in like 1969. And just because that's what the song was originally written about, doesn't mean that it doesn't apply to other situations, other times since then that we started a needless war.

[ThreeLittleSyllables]

@DeeM10123 A Canadian as in the infamous Joni Mitchell? ;)

[nicklovin92]

For those of you who keep hearing from folks that "music is dead"....all that needs to be done is; Tell them to buy A Perfect Circle Album, or any of Maynard's music for that matter, and play it through a good system. Their thoughts should be changed instantly. This song is a perfect example and if they dissagree, then music isnt dead, the belief of good music is dead.

[robotcow28]

our country in a fucking nutshell.... god damn.

[plaidbeige]

Joni Mitchell.

[qeomash]

i'll live my life listening to this.

[woogymaster]

perfect harmony.

[LolGurrl91]

I seriously almost cried. This is amazing!