On with the Song

Country music often gets a bad rap as redneck music and artists like Toby Keith certainly promote that image, while artists like the Dixie Chicks get banned from the airwaves.

My Dad recently gave me Mary Chapin Carpenter's new CD, which is fantastic. A song in particular called "On with the Song" caught my attention, particularly the following lyrics...

This isn't for the ones who would gladly swallow
Everything their leader would have them know
Bowing and kissing, while the truth goes missing
Bring it on the crows, putting on his big show

This isn't for the man who can't count the bodies
Can't comfort the families, can't say when he's wrong
Claiming I'm the decider, like some sort of messiah
While another day passes and a hundred souls gone