DESCRIPTION:
Anti violence 1989 demo featuring Jerry Wilder (vocals/co-writer)RIP ... Showcased on "WPGC Homejams" (radio program showcasing local Washington artists) Feb.___1992


Urgent musical plea for non-violent solutions
Credits: Jerry Wilder, vocals, co-writer, co-producer; Skip Fennell, piano, horn arrangement; Lloyd 'Spider' Moore, guitar; Matt Allen, engineer, dat mastering___Story Behind the Song

___Way back in 1989 I was with a few of my closest friends just relaxing and shooting the breeze. Jerry Wilder's wife Wanda was celebrating her birthday and Skip Fennell and I dropped by to join in the festivities. Anyway, somewhere in the conversation we came up with the idea of writing a song together. To make a long story short, a year later we completed this demo with the help of two other friends; Matthew Allen (recording) and Lloyd ‘Spider’ Moore (guitar). ___ The message of this song is as timely today as it has ever been that's for sure .___

Lyrics ___

I hear shots in the night
/The story's on the news
/There was a girl wounded in the fight /
Her precious life we will lose/
Civilian plane shot from the sky
/And little babies die/
I don't know who is to blame? /
We all should be ashamed /

Fightin' over money and over land/
Young soldiers take a stand/
'Round the corner 'round the globe/
No more patience no more Job/

Unjust law enforced with fire/
We got bombs for sale and guns for hire/
Tell me who is to blame?/
We all should be ashamed
(Instrumental interlude)

Non-violent demonstration/
teargas suffocation/
Flowing tears of senseless pain
/The grim reaper strikes again/

Air land and sea/
So much self-made misery/
I don't know who is to blame?/
Still we all should be ashamed/

Violence and crime/
On and on through the history of time /
Hoping for a new generation/
Who are weaker but wise/

Star wars/ handguns /
Star wars/ handgun/s
Star wars to handguns/
everybody needs some/
It's just fear in disguise/
Can't we be
weaker but wise?/

Star wars to handguns
Everybody think they need some//
It's just fear in disguise
Can't we be
weaker but wise?