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AWM - Bless

by Laura Cantrell

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I wrote this song with Mark Spencer when we were riled up about the SCOTUS nomination process a couple years ago. We used the video by Tomoka Murakami as a fundraiser for women's voting organizations during the 2018 midterms. While some of the specifics have changed, the song's challenge to white supremacy and male privilege still resonate. ALL proceeds from sales of this track on Bandcamp will be donated to Fair Fight, the organization started by Stacey Abrams that made such incredible progress in Georgia over the last few years. Rock on!

lyrics

He worked his tail off in 1982
Lifting weights and playing football in that fancy prep school
And with every advantage he humbly rose to the top
Oh he never touched a woman, he liked his barley and his hops ...

Angry white man, you'd have me believe
You're beset and besieged
Your reputation is agrieved
Climbed your way up to the tallest high chair
Do you feel safer up there?
I see you're loaded for bear ...

Angry white man
The easiest part
Is saying "bless your heart, bless your heart"

Some people say Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
Or a woman's right to vote is one that Congress made
Both things are true, but the picture's not complete
Till you color in the people lining the street
Not asking for permission, a favor or a loan
Lord they just hit the point home, their humanity's their own

Angry white man, you'd have me believe
You're beset and besieged
Your reputation is agrieved
Climbed your way up to the tallest high chair
Do you feel safer up there?
I see you're loaded for bear ...

Angry white man
My favorite part
is saying "bless your heart, bless your heart"

I read a book one time about a minister from the South
He marched with King at Selma and that righteousness he didn't doubt
He'd remind the people who came to hear him preach
Salvation's not for one side, its not just meant for you and me
He'd pray with the bigots, he'd pray for the KKK
I wonder sometimes where Brother Campbell is praying today

Angry white men, you'd have us believe
You're beset and besieged
Your reputations are agrieved
You've climbed your way up to the tallest high chair
Do you feel safer up there?
I see you're loaded for bear ...

Are my roots showing?
I'm angry too, that is what we have in common
I'm exactly like you
But on further reflection I've come to believe
That the pain and the fear get the better of me

I have failed to mention, of great importance,
Are all the angry women, and all their rowdy friends
You can't hold them down, can't cover their mouths
Can't drown them out, never going to drown them out
I have faith they will lift up this prayer
Just like Mavis did when she said she'd take us there

Angry white man, I'll do my part
I bless your heart, bless your heart
Bless your heart, bless your heart
Blessings on your heart
If I bless your heart, would you bless my heart
Bless your heart

credits

released November 5, 2020
Produced by David Mansfield
Engineer Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording
Guitars - Mark Spencer, David Mansfield
Bass - Jeremy Chatkzy
Drums - Konrad Meissner
Piano - Jon Spurney
Organ - Charlie Giordano
Harmony Vocals - Tricia Scotti and Connie Petruk

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Laura Cantrell New York, New York

Laura Cantrell is a Nashville-born, New York-based country music artist. Since her critically acclaimed debut, 2000’s Not The Tremblin’ Kind, Cantrell’s music has been celebrated in The New York Times, “O” Magazine, Elle, and the Wall Street Journal, and has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition.” ... more

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