Friday Folk Music: Living With War by Neil Young

With Feingold coming to Iowa this weekend and the district convention, I never got around to posting a Friday Folk Music. I thought I'd get 2 birds with one stone and post about the new Neil Young anti-war CD, Living With War. You can here the entire CD here. Here are the lyrics to the title track...

I'm LIVING WITH WAR everyday
I'm LIVING WITH WAR in my heart everyday
I'm LIVING WITH WAR right now...
And when the dawn breaks I see my fellow man ...
And on the flat-screen we kill and we're killed again...
and when the night falls, I pray for PEACE...
Try to remember PEACE...
I join the multitudes...
I raise my hand in PEACE
I never bow to the laws of the thought police
I take a holy vow
To never to kill again
To never kill again
I'm LIVING WITH WAR in my heart
I'm LIVING WITH WAR in my heart and my mind
I'm LIVING WITH WAR right now
Don't take no tidal wave
Dont take no mass grave
Don't take no smokin' gun
To show how the west was won
But when the curtain falls, I pray for PEACE
Try to remember PEACE (visualize)
In the crowded streets
In the big hotels
In the mosques and the doors to the old museum
I take a holy vow
To never kill again
Try to remember PEACE
The rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air
Give proof through the night, That our flag is still there
I'm LIVING WITH WAR everyday
I'm LIVING WITH WAR in my heart everyday
I'm LIVING WITH WAR right now

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am to be here getting the chance to get an education, be with my wife and family, play with my dog, and teach kids. I am in my mid-20's and see that I could easily be over there. Each time I see, hear, or read about someone dying in Iraq I think about how many lives just got changed forever. I know I do not sacrifice anything close to what our troops and their families are, but I feel that it is my duty to be living with war in my heart and my mind everyday.

Keep the troops safe, bring them home now.