Steve Earle has a mighty fine yearning. Mighty fine. I first heard this tune back when it came out in 2002, in the still hot ashes of 9/11. Hard, reactionary forces had been unleashed in the media and in government, and the thundering drums of trumped-up war were beating in the land. On the inside of his "Jerusalem" CD Mr. Earle wrote:
We are a people perpetually balanced on a tightrope stretched between our history and our potential, one faltering step away from a headlong tumble from the most dizzying of heights. But fear not--we're working with a net.
Poets, singers and truth tellers are a big part of our safety net. Long may they call it like they see it. Thank you, Mr. Earle, now and always.
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--Oscar