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Pearl Harbor

from Anger Management by Gerry Spehar

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Spacey psychedelic guitar driven ballad; remembering Pearl Harbor and its lessons for today's troubled times.

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PEARL HARBOR
Gerry Spehar & Paul Mathewson

As the lights dot the hills of L.A. today
It reminds of a harbor so far away
Of a Star Spangled Banner tattered and torn
Of Heaven reversed and Hell reborn

They came from the east in mourning waves
Zeroes, silent, determined, brave
And they went to their death just like us
In pillars of smoke, belief and trust

And there was no relief in sight
Until almost everyone died
And the Land of the Rising Sun
Was buried in a mushroom megaton

Pearl Harbor, what do you mean?
What have we learned from your infamy?
Will we ever progress beyond war?
Will there ever be peace from shore to shore?
Will we ever not even the score?
Pearl Harbor, what were you for?

You can shoot your cannons far and wide
You can order your bombers to fill up the sky
But you can't order destruction to pick a side
And you can't order your loved ones to survive

Pearl Harbor, what do you mean?
What have we learned from your infamy?
Will we ever progress beyond war?
Will there ever be peace from shore to shore?
Will we ever not even the score?
Pearl Harbor, what were you for?

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from Anger Management, released February 19, 2018

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Gerry Spehar Los Angeles, California

Gerry Spehar is a folk country troubadour from Colorado and a man on a mission.  Hot on the heels of last year's critically acclaimed "I Hold Gravity” the singer songwriter guitar picker is back with a full blown old school protest album.  Think Woody Guthrie backed by psychedelic guitars and funky New Orleans horns ... more

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