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Living Downwind in the West

from I Want to Be Changed by John R. Mabry

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This is about as close as I can come to writing a protest song.

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Sister, get ready, the time is almost here. The sickness is coming, and you won’t know who to fear. Never any warning, maybe no warning’s best. So here’s a song of mourning for those living downwind in the West. / The factory is upriver, you know we bring good things to light. You ungrateful unforgivers, oh, you crybabies, cry. You’ve got more than one child, you’re not entirely bereft. You’ve got to count your blessings when you’re living downwind in the West. / So here’s a drink to your heartache, here’s a drink to your pain, and here’s a drink to your dear one’s health that will never come again. Here’s to the governor’s mansion and the senator’s gilded desk, and to political inaction for those living downwind in the West.

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from I Want to Be Changed, released October 8, 2021
Bass: Paul Olguin; drums: John Hasty; guitar: Chris Cooper; lead guitar: Jack McLoughlin.

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John R. Mabry Hannacroix, New York

John R. Mabry lives with his wife and dogs in Hannacroix, NY. He is a writer, spiritual director, and director of the Interfaith spiritual direction certificate program at the Chaplaincy Institute.

www.johnrmabry.com

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