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Might

from Big Eyed Muse by Ray Woodruff

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When the words fail and the road ends
When the shadow play begins
Will it all change when the flag’s tattered in flight?
Well, say it might, and it might.

Humble traders, executions in a line
Trained in poor, jump in time
And the man stands down, his headpiece filled with straw
With a gun and with the law.

Boots and tankers, airborne cries of the machine
Brushed steel polished mezzanines
Silent bombshells on a muted TV screen
And they action pack the scene.

Bones in alleys, burning shacks in burning fields
Brown and char their last yields
Handsome soldiers march to beats of the machines
And wave on colored screens.

So let the words fail and the drums sound
As the shadows hit the ground
Will it all change when the flag has earned its stripes?
Give to might and it might.

Humble traders laying grave in burning fields
Freedoms trade to such yields
The sound of drums and beats of the machine
Are all just out of scene.

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from Big Eyed Muse, released January 1, 2007

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Ray Woodruff Richmond, Virginia

Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.

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