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Lives in the balance

from Vente Vent - Bonus by werra

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"Lives in the balance" was planned as a cover by Werra in the early 2000s but not recorded until 2017.

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I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear

You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war

There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs

On the radio talk shows and TV
You hear one thing again and again
How the USA stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends
These governments killing their own
Or the people who finally can't take anymore
And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone

And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
Where we can't even say the names

They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us everything from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars

I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can't be counted on to tell us
Who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die

And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

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from Vente Vent - Bonus, released March 20, 2018
Originally released by Jackson Browne in 1986.

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:werra: was founded in 2001.

The recording sessions took place between 2003 and 2005.

Between 2005 and 2012 three songs were released on compilations.

The project was revived in 2012 due to popular demand.

The first album MMI - MMV has been released by Lichterklang in 2012. ... more

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