Dream Gone Sour
by @berni1954
Skirmish: "LOST DREAM" (@corinnecurcio)Liner Notes
The greatest "dream" of the 19th and 20th Century was the building of some kind of socialist system in which exploitation would be banned and all things would be held in common.
Unfortunately, when the revolution came, it was in backwards Russia and it had so many external enemies that it became impossible to build the infant socialist state. Then things took an even more bitter turn...Those who know their history know the rest.. the others will have to listen to the song.
Is this pattern inevitable? I hope not, because this "best of all systems" we have now is threatening to make the planet uninhabitable due to its inaction on so many environmental issues.😉
Instrument: Kala Tenor Ukulele (Low G Tuning)
#fuc
Lyrics
(Em) We were going to build a new world
We (D) had the whole thing planned
We'd (C) driven the parasites out
Of our (D) common held land
The ex(Em)citement in the air
As we (D) discussed everything
We'd (C) taken control of our lives
We'd (D) share in what the future (Em) brings
But all too soon we found
We had enemies at the gates
The rich daren't let us succeed
Lest an example we'd create
Men rose to power so quick
With their military minds
They saved the nation at least
But left our dreams far behind
True communes were closed down
Replaced by those run by the state
Our dream was turning sour
As in came more and more dictates
That longed for paradise
With equality for all
Slipped into memory
And became hard to recall
Free thinking soon was banned
The people's police we all soon feared
You had toe the party line
Or one night you disappeared
The cultural explosion
We had in the early days
Was curtailed and made to fit
The party's narrow ways
Now a nightmare state
Rules with an iron fist
We're forced to do their will
We're powerless to resist
But in so many eyes
I still can see a gleam
That one day we'll reclaim
The right to liberate our dream