We spent our childhoods stretching skyward
Chasing falling leaves
Lookin’-up-ta-our fathers standing
As tall as the trees

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Forever there to show us the way
Like a beacon bright
They were the ones who taught us
Wrong from right

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Out of the deep dark shone their steady light
As pure and bright as the snow is white

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Our Daddies, to us, stood tall, so tall
From day to night
They couldn’t be other than
Our shining lights!
‘Cause they were the ones who taught us
Wrong from right

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Gathered as a Nashville Clan,
Few, at first, could see
Such a rotten body politic
Awaiting the exposure-to-be!

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If character is what is done
When no one’s around
What do we do when the whole world
Sees what we’ve found?

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Daddies dun taught us
Wrong from right
But the wrong they taught us wasn’t right

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Daddies dun taught us
Wrong from right
But the wrongs they taught us
Weren’t right

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As times change, sometimes people don’t
To the grave they go…
Missing what others won’t

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Daddies dun taught us
Wrong from right
But the wrongs they taught us
Weren’t right

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Trying to deceive, then subjugate
Living lives of undone hate
Prejudice riding ‘til the Pearly Gates
Righting Twin Wrongs
Which should not wait

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Daddies dun taught us
Wrong from right
But the wrong they taught us wasn’t right

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Daddies dun taught us
Wrong from right
But the wrongs they taught us
Weren’t right

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We spent our childhoods
Stretching skyward
Chasing falling leaves
Lookin’-up-ta our fathers standing
Tall as the trees

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But now we know that Man is linked
From shore to shore
For Man is colored with character
Forever more.

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Lyrics:
Steve Manis

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Music:
Mathieu Serradell

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Singer:

Callie Hopper

 

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Righting A Wrong Productions

 

© April 2023