Tanya Pluth: The Tunes

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Apathy - uh-huh ya'll, what is it good for? absolutely nothing, say it again. . . I said, apathy. . .

This song is about asking the question - what does it take to make folks change? From personal growth to political revolution, I'd love to know that tipping point and how to encourage it in people. . .

Beat my thumbs against the menu
Rest my eyes on no one near
Watch the waiter with their notepads
Noting everyone in here
Except me, with no spoon,
No water to quench the fear
That maybe after all they don’t
Serve my kind here

I tell you this and others of the hate
That I have seen
And wonder how much longer
Will you let this be

Would you try, if your father’s called
Would you try, if you feared you’d
Lose it all
Would you try for your brother
Would you try for your wife
Would you try, for me

How can I convey with a wince and a sigh
When the honest truth means
Meeting disappointment
The clearest vision is hardest hit
By righteousness and rogue presidents

We asked for peanuts and they gave us this
Punishment, banishment,
and thin lipped promises

There’s no use in asking
How much longer will it be
All of us have power and we each
Hold the key

Beat my thumbs against the menu
Rest my eyes on no one near
Watch the waiters with their notepad
Noting everyone in here
Except me