When I was younger, I’ll admit, I imagined peace might prevail in my lifetime. Now I watch the news and wonder what I was thinking. Which is where “May You Still Believe” came from. One evening a while back, I happened on this funky lick in E and kept playing it over and over. After a while, I started singing along with it, and the song flowed right out–bam.
On the recording of the tune (click the icon below to hear it), my wife Dorothy plays flute and bass, and our friends Alpha Stewart and John Temmerman play drums and sax respectively. That’s me on guitar and vocals. The lyrics are right below the playback icon.
MAY YOU STILL BELIEVE
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG YOU SAID THAT LOVE WOULD FIND A WAY
TO BRING PEACE ON EARTH SURE AS DAWN COMES EVERY DAY
BUT NOW YOU’RE GROWN LOOKING AT THAT NIGHTLY NEWS
AND SEEING HOW THINGS ARE SURE GIVES YOU THE BLUES
(CHORUS)
MAY YOU STILL BELIEVE, MAY YOU STILL BELIEVE
DESPITE ALL THE NEWS YOU RECEIVE,
MY FRIEND, MAY YOU STILL BELIEVE
IN SCHOOL YOU PLEDGED YOURSELF TO THE LAND OF THE FREE,
ONE LAND UNDER GOD WITH JUSTICE AND LIBERTY
NOW ‘STEAD OF BLACK AND WHITE YOU SEE SHADES OF GRAY
WHAT’S JUST AND WHO IS FREE SOME DAYS YOU CAN’T SAY
(CHORUS)
YOU SAY THAT GOD IS WHERE WE GO AND ALL COME FROM
YOU SAY GOD IS LOVE & GOD’S RULE ONE DAY WILL COME
YET MADMEN BATHE IN BLOOD TO APPEASE THEIR GOD
AND ASK GOD TO BLESS THEIR CRUSADE OR JIHAD
(CHORUS)
“May You Still Believe” is available on iTunes.com, Amazon.com, Google Play, and about anywhere else you can download music.
The song is for the idealists out there–past, present, and future. May you still believe.
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Such a great song. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Jack.