[Lcjones]

Hey Tom,

Dude. Excellent lyrics! You have a few really "high quality" lines in this tune. "You don't need to be that clever, just pull the little lever". Mind bendingly true. "I'm the new JFK, that seems to be the trend". Awesome. A serious power line!

Two things. Actually, one thing. You're holding out. I sense you're afraid to attack the music. I feel like you're, perhaps a bit taken aback to let it wail. Like you want to be heard but you don't want anyone to hear you. You've got an excellent topical song of the day. You have a good melody. you have a good voice. What's missing is the emotion you can put into it. I mean, you nailed the lyrics. You've got the idea. You need to rip right into it. You're not going to offend anyone by cranking up the adrenalin. The guitar *will not* mind if you get after it. That's what its there for!

In my opinion, you have a very good song going on here. The melody is good but could use a bit of shaping to emphasize the *important* pieces. And that's what it's about. Bringing the lyrics into the melody to be one. Prosody.

Pete Seeger would (should) be proud!

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LC