SONG FOR SAMUEL Suppose you were a congressman and suppose you were an idiot Suppose you were corrupted ‘till no one could tell the difference Suppose you were a media pawn embedded in an illegal war While hypocrites prayed on Capitol steps for blessings to outpour Suppose you posed as a scientist and tried to prove there is no God Would your insane theory make any sense or sound anything but odd? Suppose you joined the ACLU and pretended to bleed red, white and blue While doing your best to hide from God’s children every single thing that’s true Suppose you were a tv preacher who stole from widows and the poor Your own house was a sinking shambles though you claimed to know the door And suppose you were a presidential pretender who wasn’t entirely elected Who didn’t practice love or peace and whose lies were easily detected. . . Suppose you lived in a country whose true colors had long since changed From red and white to a twisted song sung blue in F Major deranged Suppose you were a congressman and suppose your were an idiot Suppose you were corrupted ‘till no one could tell the difference * "There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people"                                         -- Anwar Sadat American Indian Heritage Foundation Center for Community Change      Children's Hunger Fund Doctors Without Borders DEDICATED TO:  Makhpiya-Luta, the Anwar Sadat of the American Nations.  Also dedicated to activist, singer and songwriter Richie Havens; “Freedom, freedom”. . . America has strayed a long, long way from freedom’s home. *FootNote:  Based on an original concept by Samuel Clemens; author of The Gilded Age and much of the rest in American literature that matters:  “Suppose you were a congressman and suppose you were an idiot, but I repeat myself.”             'Click Here' To Purchase This Book 'Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © August 20th, 2003 by Richard Aberdeen. No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Records or requested via eMail.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution - Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced as often as one likes.