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Barbecue Protest
02:58
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Lyrics: I've been on the outside for a long time
which makes me less concerned about your approval
If my vision meets with your derision, you'll be flagged for removal.
'Cause I don't mind walking on my own
And I don't mind deleting you from my phone
We're all born and die alone anyway
Like the feeling beings we killed for food today.
So I don't want to go to the barbecue
I don’t want to go ‘cause it makes me blue
Now that you know, are we still friends?
Sorry, I can't bend.
Before you unfollow me, will you hear what I have to say.
There's nothing more hollow, see, than looking the other way
You don’t want to hear unpopular opinions
And I don’t have a megaphone or minions
I make nice, pretend it doesn't bother me, but that's another me...
The real one says:
I don't wanna go to the barbecue
I don’t wanna go ‘cause it makes me blue
Now that you know, are we still friends? ......
And I don't mind finally taking a stand.
Won't find me in ham-burglar land --- not by my dollar or my hand.
No I don't want to go to the barbecue.
I still won't want to go in a year or two.
I don't want to go to the barbecue.
And I ain't gonna show no matter what you do.
Now that you know, are we still friends?
Or is this the end?
Music and Lyrics: Lisa Barca
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Seeing Her Being Her
04:45
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Homeless, aloneness, her future so bleak
Hasn't seen a bed or a shower for a week
Screaming at someone from the past
Trying to avenge those injuries at last
Every possession in an old plastic bag
Some kid shouts out, “Shut up you stupid hag!”
Your morbid curiosity gives way to irritation
You turn away along with your wealthy nation
Maybe you don't like seeing her because you wouldn't like being her
Would you mind seeing her if you wouldn't mind being her?
She’s fresh into college, new books and life's a charm
After nights of studying, a party, what's the harm?
Waking from a stupor, the waft of stale beer
Phone, wallet, shoes are nowhere near
Alone on the stairs, an ache beyond words
It's hers against his and the sorority girls
Pretend it didn't happen; they come out to defend
The quarterback---So afraid it could happen to them.
Maybe you don't like seeing her because you wouldn't like being her
Would you mind seeing her if you wouldn't mind being her?
"Have a nice day....we'll sweep this away" the talking heads say
Won't be on the news---advertisers can't use it
Bellowing for days they took her baby away
A round-eyed calf she got to love for one day
He's in what they call an "individual housing unit"
She can almost hear his cries beneath the waning moon
He'll be killed soon
He'll be killed soon
He'll be killed soon
She'll be hooked up to the milking machine for at least a year more
Then passed across the same slaughterhouse floor
Maybe you don't like seeing her because you wouldn't like being her
Would you mind seeing her if you wouldn't mind being her?
Music and Lyrics: Lisa Barca
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3. |
Clean and Clear
04:41
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I am stepping into the light
It’s been a long long hard cold night
I am stepping into the sun
I’m an angel on the run
I am the devil’s rebel daughter
Elusive and supple like water
Take it to your lips drink it down
I’m flowing to your side of town
And I am clean and I am clear
And there is nothing that I fear
And I can bring us all the stars
I can travel so far, so good
I’m not giving too many answers without the questions in my mind
Take it now or leave it behind
Have you ever had someone you wanted so much to communicate with
That if it was your last breath you’d sing an aria?
And have you ever loved the wind like it was your own soul?
And have you ever gotten high
by learning how low you can get before you die?
The map draws lines that lead me back to an alien place, where I
Couldn’t find a mirror in which I recognized the face
And the water comes crashing down, again
I think I finally found myself a friend
And I am clean and I am clear
And there is nothing that I fear
And I can bring us all the stars
I can travel so far, so good
I’m not giving too many answers without the questions in my mind
Take it now or leave it behind
Music and Lyrics: Lisa Barca
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I’m singing this out of love, I’m bringing this for peace
The time has finally come for tyranny to cease
The sky was black when I woke up today
Too much injustice for my mind to allay
Instead of imploding I'm gonna shout it away...
Namaste, bitches! :-)
I got so much to say I ain't got time for pretty melody
Hear this song out and you will surely see
I'm on the attack, taking a stand for nonviolence
'Cause I can't sleep amidst all this silence
I’m singing this out of love, I’m bringing this for peace
The time has finally come for tyranny to cease (2x)
Why do we humans think we're so amazing?
When I look around I often see us moaning and lazing
Or slashing and blazing
We're unkind even to our own kind
The other animals we think are ours to confine
Cut off their beaks and claws
For no necessary cause
The killing goes on every day of every week of every season
For no justifiable reason
Do you think we need those products to be healthy?
These bad habits make a few soulless corporations wealthy
While messing with the climate, arable land goes to waste
Feeding the poor man's bread to the rich man's cow
For a matter of taste?
The alternatives are delectable
So I'm inclined to find this unacceptable
I'm singing this out of love
I'm bringing this for peace
The time has finally come
For tyranny to cease
Have you ever looked into the eyes of an animal
And see they feel love and fear, just want to be fulfilled
And don't want to be killed?
Like your dog or your cat
The ones we eat are like that
Open up and you'll see
In all the really important ways
They're just like you and me
Every hamburger once had beautiful eyes
It's time to open ours and avert our own demise
I'm singing this out of love
I'm bringing this for peace
The time has finally come
For tyranny to...
CEASE!!
Music and Lyrics: Lisa Barca
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Scarlet Rescue Phoenix, Arizona
Scarlet Rescue is an all-vegan garage punk band based in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Known for their catchy, driving songs, raucous
performances, and message of liberation. Their music videos have garnered over 40,000 views across platforms since the band formed in 2020.
Lisa Barca: Guitar, vocals, mandolin
Dillon Pape: Bass, vocals
Nathaniel Burns: Drums, guitar, vocals
Steve Davis: Keyboards, vocals
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