We Crowned Another King Today

Here is the true feel-good Obama inauguration song, written with clever references to Dr. King. Solo acoustic guitar. Song written Jan. 17, from one to four a.m. and tweaked since then. Dig it.
Lyrics??!!
We Crown Another King Today
By John-Michael Field, January 17, 2009

Weve cried and cursed these years gone by
As politicians false with pride
Have pledged to help, but mostly lied
To woman, child and man.

But time has turned the tide around
As hope and promise now surround
A President whose words are bound-
Who speaks to all the land.

We have found a way
To raise our voice and say:
With hopeful hearts and open minds
Their legacies are now entwined
We crown another King today.

With joyful hearts we read the signs
Their legacy is now enshrined.
We crown another King today.

Martin preached thered come a time
When brotherhood would blur the lines
That separate, and smear and blind
The world and you and me

Obamas spirit gives us hope--
Our nations grasping for the rope
To swing across despondence and
Toward what we want to be.

We have turned the key
To unlock destiny:
Our faith is rising with the tide
To lift the future of mankind-
We crown another King today.

Once the promise is consigned
The world will watch and truly find
Weve crowned another King today.
Weve crowned another King today.

Sooo... Do you know what "consigned" means... ....It's sorta like "entrusted"... ...it fits!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jamoof
• Barack Obama
• Crowned Another King
• Inauguration
• Martin Luther King
• Julia Nunes

[Jamoof]

He's such an amateur-obviously a YouTube neophyte, but ya gotta love him-me especially-cuz he be me

[whyiknowimawino]

History will tell his story.

[natster3413]

Hey JM, It's June 22, and I just saw this for the first time! Oh, no- Is the honeymoon over? What? Hasn't he saved the world yet? It's been five whole months! Sheesh!

Nice song.

natster

[norb1953]

glad to know your still making good music. Norbert

[trahan06]

Love this Uncle Jamoof!!!! It's awesome!!!!

[elstroker]

Nice job. Can't be too many songs about what's going down today. "This Land is My Land" indeed. I like your phrasing. And throwing in that 2 chord. Bust it out next time we jam...