Wrote this song for the Solar Eclipse party at the Arcata Playhouse/Creamery compound on May 20th.  Not about the actual celestial event, but it's about coming out of the darkness.  

Eclipse

Pledge Allegiance					© Jan Bramlett  7/24/12
Tiny white boy, born to comfort, eyes alight with childhood's charms
Expectations rise up swiftly as he leaves his mother's arms
Want for nothing, best of schooling, all the things his heart desires
Full of promise, expectations, he'll have all that he requires

Hundreds mourning, vicious violence, someone's target, someone's son
Someone's freedom, someone's life
I pledge allegiance to my gun, justice and liberty all for one.

Oh, Colorado, what evil do you spin?
How can we explain this mess we're in?

Tiny brown boy, born to comfort, eyes alight with childhood's charms
Expectations, be a president, as he leaves his mother's arms
Eyes of whiteness brand his body, signs of danger mark his skin
Expectations, he don't belong here, what he wants he'll never win

Hundreds mourning, sanctioned violence, someone's target someone's son
Someone's freedom, someone's life
I pledge allegiance to my gun, justice and liberty only for some

Oh, Florida, what evil do you spin?
How can we explain this mess we're in?

Perching in their private studios, counting crimes 'gainst the privileged few
Angry white men nursing grudges lift their weapons right on cue
Gnashing teeth and tearing hair, we claim to know not how or where
We make the guns and train for war...
We're so surprised when the bodies was ashore
Our nation stands for blood and gore

Oh America, what evil do we spin?
How can we change this mess we're in?

I pledge allegiance to my gun...

Pledge Allegiance

A love song
(c) Jan Bramlett August 2012

Could It Be True

Original song by Jan Bramlett.  Jan on acoustic guitar, Rick Copeland on lead guitar, Dave Traut on bass. Performed on September 13, 2012 at the Arcata Playhouse in Arcata, California.  Opening act for Blame Sally.

04 - Sister Mama(1)

07 - Could It Be True(1)

Original song by Jan Bramlett.  Jan on acoustic guitar, Rick Copeland on lead guitar, Dave Traut on bass.  Performed on September 13, 2012, at the Arcata Playhouse, Arcata, CA.  Opening act for Blame Sally.

06 - My Birth Story

Two original songs by Jan Bramlett.   First one is Eclipse, second one is Balance.  Jan on acoustic guitar, Rick Copeland on lead guitar, Dave Traut on bass.  Performed on September 13, 2012, at the Arcata Playhouse, Arcata, CA.  Opening act for Blame Sally.

05 - Eclipse and Balance

Original song written by Jan Bramlett, performed at the Arcata Playhouse on September 13, 2012.  Rick Copeland on lead guitar, Jan on acoustic guitar & vocals, Dave Traut on bass guitar.

Proxy Love Affair

Original song by Jan Bramlett.  Jan on acoustic guitar and vocals, Rick Copeland on lead guitar, Dave Traut on bass.  Performed at the Arcata Playhouse September 13, 2012, opening for Blame Sally