I'm Glad That The Bush Years Are

People Stand Themselves Next To The Righteous They Believe The Things They Say Are True They Speak In Terms Of What Divides Us To Justify The Violence They Do But It Is One, It Is One One World Spinning 'round The Sun Wherever It Is You Call Home Whatever Country You Come From It Is One

People Look Around You, The Signs Are Everywhere. You've Left It For Somebody Other Than You To Be The One Who To Care.

The Kid I Was When I First Left Home Was Looking For His Freedom And A Life Of His Own But The Freedom That He Found Wasn't Quite As Sweet When The Truth Was Known I Have Prayed For America I Was Made For America I Can't Let Go Till She Comes Around Until The Land Of The Free Is Awake And Can See And Until Her Conscience Has Been Found.

The Biggest Influence? I've Had Several At Different Times - But The Biggest For Me Was Bob Dylan, Who Was A Guy That Came Along When I Was Twelve Or Thirteen And Just Changed All The Rules About What It Meant To Write Songs.

I've Written Many Extra Verses To Songs That I Learned To Sing - An Extra Verse About A Friend, Or Just Add Some Verse - And That Led To Writing My Own Songs.