Jackson Browne

He is nearly 70 but still fills 2000 seat venues, bit of a lefty,here is an extract from one of his songs
tonight.No doubt it will strike a chord with some chit-chatters

'Which side are you on'

here's a restlessness out in the street there's a question in the air
How long if this theft goes on will our country still be here?
People know the game is **** even as they play
They see their expectations slowly slip away
They've got subsidies for billionaires, there's a bailout for the banks
A monopoly on medicine, and a sale on armored tanks
The whole damned country's being sold - out that revolving door



Come on come on come on if you're coming
Which side are you on?
Come on come on come on if you're coming
Battle lines are drawn
Come on come on come on if you're coming
Which side - which side are you on?

Which side?
The bankers and their special friends
Who rob you time and again
Who like to pretend they're the only game in town
Or the people who
Hope with everything they do
They can build something new
And turn this world around

Who owns the elections? Who profits either way?
Who ends up with all that money politicians pay?
To be the fearless leader, to put themselves across
To be the one entrusted with the profit and the loss
You try hard to believe that when you cast your vote it counts
But elections are won with money in ever larger amounts
Take the money out of politics and maybe we might see
This country turn back into something more like democracy


Come on come on come on if you're coming
Which side are you on?