Live song, this came out of observations years ago, but it seems we keep finding the same patterns. This is a bit of a journal of a moment. And a nob to those that feel stuck in the middle. 

Mr. Newsman (Lyrics):

It takes me a bit
to get my courage going.  It’s night time in D.C., crowd gathers  on the streets and monuments There’s a talking head, talking everywhere  Yeah – hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Yeah, the world seems pretty rough and the weather, it’s a changing


We got the poor knocking on the door of D.C, tonight . 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Hey there Mr. Newsman, how’s that change?  ‘Cause the people –  we all got out questions
And you just 
Talk on,
Talk on,
Talk on…
And divide us

Yeah, but the people want our change
We want our change.

So we got the poor,  knocking on the door,  of D.C. tonight.
And are you talk, talk, talking about it? I don’t think so.

The greatest weapon is division. 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? You talk about they, them,  the other side

The greatest weapon is division.

We got the people We got the people  Yeah – the greatest weapon is division

We wanna talk about,  our differences
‘Cause we need a label for everyone 
Are you a him?
Are you a her?
Are you a left?
Are you a gone?
Are you a rich?
Are you poor?
Are your poor-er?
Are you the poorest?
Are you thin poorest of the poor?
 Oh what hue,  what color,  what tint,  is on your skin? 
And if you like a guy, 
But you don’t know what side,
And you live in the middle – Well what do we call you? 
Well we don’t have a label,
so you can’t have a place.

Yeah, you gotta choose your side.
Yeah, you gotta pick you label, if you wanna voice. 
You gotta pick your side,  if you wanna be a part of the words -
The words that we speak about,  If you wanna be a part of the change, 
Pick a label,  Pick a label and walk on by 
The greatest weapon is division.

Mr. Newsman

16tonsfreestyle

A quiet collection of thresholds.
Stories of people standing right on the edge — of a town, a harvest, a relationship, a country, a life — each worried that if they take that next step, the sky will fall. All hearing the same counter-question rise in their chest: but, what if it won’t?
Crisp cello-folk, breath-close vocals, and the soft ache of almost-decisions weave through the album like fog on an empty road.
These are songs for the leavers who stay, the stayers who dream, and anyone who’s ever paused before stepping into the life they weren’t sure was theirs.

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Taken from the album, This is How You Smile, out on RVNG Intl. March 8th, 2018

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