Live recording with voice and acoustic guitar. In remembrance of the 19 children and 2 teachers whose souls departed on May 24, 2022, and those we have lost before and have continued to lose since in senseless "school shootings". Still, nothing changes! Peace.
Composition and performance by Stephen Scott. BMI, 2023.

LYRICS:
Panic-stricken parents, scramble to the flashing lights
Yellow-bellied “Good guys”, take cover behind their rides
In “fear for their lives”, when, they should engage 
Another “active shooter”, on an insane rampage
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

Eighty minutes gone, tactical team makes their move
One vicious burst, one more crimson pool
No matter how, the final story is spun
Uniforms delayed, because “he had a better gun”
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

Online manifesto showed, just what he would do
Still, they protest, “nobody knew”
Teased and bullied through his, school-career
No justification for, going “Nuclear”

Bureaucrats, Media, crocodile-tears, empty words
More “thoughts and prayers”, more mental health “research”
 Bodies barely cold, all is blame and deflection
Never “the right time to have that discussion”
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

“Goodbye” this morning, was “Goodbye forever”
Pain without solace, pain like a river, pain like a river
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

UVALDE - We've Heard It All Before

Lyric-videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPAFMG2vIya7oKdS0anVzSA

Original music & lyrics (BMI). Recent tracks produced* with Reaper DAW and MT Power Drumkit.
Grateful to all who listen / repost any of these tracks.
Thanks to:
- Elizabeth Hangan https://soundcloud.com/user-250379627
- Einstein Brown https://soundcloud.com/denise-einstein-taylor-brown
- Haile Blackman https://soundcloud.com/upstreammusiclive
- Chloë Agnew (Celtic Woman).
- "Ballinger Makes Music"* https://soundcloud.com/johnballinger 'el maestro' producer-musician-engineer, worked with me on the oldest 10 tracks.

"The TallOne / TallBoy / TriniLampost / Flaco" (From Petit Valley, Trinidad, West Indies).
Guitar / Bass player, live or in-studio:
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA: Shangoya, Caribas, Brinkz, Rhythm360 Band, Club 809 Band (backing-band for solo artists such as Baron, John Holt, Owen Gray, Eddie Lovette and others), SafiriSafariYaMuziki, Shalita, Sol X, Maroons, Lakaboomba (featuring Queen Jeanius & Dallas Johnson), Jai Café (Karen Therése), Iya (Eric Heim - RIP), World Citizen, International Reggae All Stars (I-Ras).
DALLAS, TX, USA: Ian Ellis Band (reggae), Swamp Opera (zydeco).
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: Upstream, Sapadilla, New Caribbean, JR All Stars (rhythm section for various artists including The Mighty Sparrow and Sam Hamilton), CC Company, Panacea Steel band, Nesta Steel Band, Relish Band (Top40 Covers), Michael Grady (Universe Explodes), Flaviya Ke, Chloë Agnew, Kate Steinway, Tyler Moon.
QUITO, ECUADOR: Juan Samaniego & "Biakyo".

New tracks tagged #Thoughts &amp; prayers

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