This is a calypso performed by King Austin in 1980 but it is timeless. And the lyrics seem hauntingly relevant today.
In a day when we can witness greed embraced and justified! Without a second thought for those for whom the rolling impact of that greed is a sentence of lost homes and lost retirement... When I see that places like this that make life a little better, are gone. Along with the generational history they proudly carried. Because we wanted more of some intangible, unsustainable and ultimately TEMPORARY earthly reward. When does common sense and integrity prevail?
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4 comments:
very thought provoking... great post.
I like this verse:
It is plain to see universally this land is not bountiful as it was
Simply because in its quest for success
Nothing stands in man's way
Old rivers run dry, soon the birds wouldn't fly
The mountains will be no longer high
And when I really think of it
I does wonder why, oh why
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Thanks for sharing this. I just downloaded it onto my IPod. I'd never heard it before!
Wow! I never heard this one before! I like! Very cool! Calypso always makes me feel like dancing next to the ocean with a frozen drink in my hand.
Great Muse! Thanks for joining up!
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