POVERTY

by Tony Kevin Jr

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"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

An album about Peace, taking care of one another, and loneliness - The greatest poverty.

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released 21 February 2011
All songs written by: Tony Kevin Jr
Produced by: Tony Kevin Jr & Timothy Graham
Engineered by: Timothy Graham
Upbeat Child Records

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tags: americana folk alt-country bluegrass ep poverty seattle tony kevin jr Seattle

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Track Name: Mahatma Gandhi
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight

Tear the clothes off of his back
Beat his face into the dirt
Oh, Great Soul, you better learn what's right
This train ain't coming back around
Get off or feel the pain
But Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise a fist to fight

Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight

Stop the hatred and the pain
Stop the caste immoral gain
Oh, Great Soul you don't know what you will find
Brothers cut each others throats
Doing what's been done to them
But an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
Oh, Great Soul won't raise up a fist to fight

Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight
Oh, Great Soul, he won't raise up a fist to fight

We won't raise a fist, we won't raise a fist to fight
We won't raise a fist, we won't raise a fist to fight
We won't raise a fist, we won't raise a fist to fight
We won't raise a fist, we won't raise a fist to fight


SPOKEN:
"I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite [The
Enemy] to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions...If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them."

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always." - Mahatma Gandhi
Track Name: Mother Teresa
I looked a man straight in the eye
Said, "go bother someone else.
I aint got nothing for you
Not a smoke or time to pass."

"See, I moved out of the neighborhood
Where Jesus built his house.
I'd rather just be left alone
I ain't in cause I want out."

See, I've been hurt so many times before
My heart's been so damn worn
By the people who are God's children
They don't listen to the poor

And we're all so poor
So just leave me alone

But Mother Teresa's standing on the corner of the street
Shouting at the people passing by
"Come to me now all of you, we all need someone's ear
To listen to our God forsaken cries"

I had a dream the other night
About the things I've done
I watched as my life passed me by
I watched myself run

Away from the people who
Needed me to sing
About the love we all have given
About the the way we're all the same

How we're all dirty

And Mother Teresa's standing on the corner of the street
Shouting at the people passing by
"Come to me now all of you, who need a place to cry
Break off from your life
You're not alone"

It always takes a bitter man
To act upon his hate
To feel the hurt of all he's done
Just to sit and hold the weight

Now I myself am standing here
Broken like the glass
That built the house I'm living in
No more reflection when you pass

Now you all can see me here
Lonely and afraid
The poverty has stricken me
Don't let it take me to the grave

I need someone

And Mother Teresa's standing on the corner of the street
Shouting at the people passing by
"Come to me now all of you, who need a place to rest
Put your pride to the test
I will build you a nest
Like my Father in heaven
We are each others wings to cover us"
Track Name: Poverty
I don't want to be by myself anymore, anymore
I don't want to stare at these walls anymore, anymore
All the window blinds are shut to the world
And I'm killing myself slowly

It don't have to be romantic at all, at all
But I need you here with me, by my side, by my side
See, I'm too proud to admit that I need anyone but me
But I'm killing myself, I'm killing myself slowly

I need someone, I need someone, I need someone tonight
I need someone, I need someone, I need someone tonight

"Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low
In the darkness as black as the sea
And my heart was afraid and I cried, O Lord
Don't hide your face from me

And like a king I may live in a palace so tall
With great riches to call my own
But I don't know a thing, in this whole wide world
That's worse than being alone"