If it were up to me...

If it Were Up to Me

Maybe it's the movies, maybe it's the books
Maybe it's the bullets, maybe it's the real crooks 

Maybe it's the drugs, maybe it's the parents 

Maybe it's the colors everybody's wearin 

Maybe it's the President, maybe it's the last one 

Maybe it's the one before that, what he done 

Maybe it's the high schools, maybe it's the teachers 

Maybe it's the tattooed children in the bleachers 

Maybe it's the Bible, maybe it's the lack 

Maybe it's the music, maybe it's the crack 

Maybe it's the hairdos, maybe it's the TV 

Maybe it's the cigarettes, maybe it's the family 

Maybe it's the fast food, maybe it's the news 

Maybe it's divorce, maybe it's abuse 

Maybe it's the lawyers, maybe it's the prisons 

Maybe it's the Senators, maybe it's the system 

Maybe it's the fathers, maybe it's the sons 

Maybe it's the sisters, maybe it's the moms 

Maybe it's the radio, maybe it's road rage 

Maybe El Nino, or UV rays 

Maybe it's the army, maybe it's the liquor 

Maybe it's the papers, maybe the militia 

Maybe it's the athletes, maybe it's the ads 

Maybe it's the sports fans, maybe it's a fad 

Maybe it's the magazines, maybe it's the internet 

Maybe it's the lottery, maybe it's the immigrants 

Maybe it's taxes, big business 

Maybe it's the KKK and the skinheads 

Maybe it's the communists, maybe it's the Catholics 

Maybe it's the hippies, maybe it's the addicts 

Maybe it's the art, maybe it's the sex 

Maybe it's the homeless, maybe it's the banks 

Maybe it's the clearcut, maybe it's the ozone 

Maybe it's the chemicals, maybe it's the car phones 

Maybe it's the fertilizer, maybe it's the nose rings 

Maybe it's the end, but I know one thing. 

If it were up to me, I'd take away the guns.

Until just a few moments ago, I thought this was written by my favorite singer, Holly Near, who I have seen in concert maybe 8-10 times, but not in the last few years, but I just found out that it was written by Cheryl Wheeler who I've never heard of.  It is recorded on one of my favorite Holly Near CDs, Edge.  I was thinking this morning on my way into work, that I wanted to blog the lyrics of this song and I was singing it loud and proud in my car.  And, just because, I'm gonna do 2 blog entries today.  

We'll call this one NaBloPoMo#10a.  Peace. No Guns, No War. Out.