You Better Stop

by Reynolds Caldwell Songwriters

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We wrote this song about the United States under the Bush Administration justifying their war to steal resources from other countries. It's our duty as Americans to speak out to our own government when the people in power are acting unethically.

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Used to think that you could do nothing
That was wrong, you'd only do right
But things have changed and now I've got to wonder
Why exactly you've been starting your fights
Is something burning? What is that smell?
Red & Blue, have you got something to tell?
You pretend to sing a righteous song
But everybody's saying that you've been doing wrong

Chorus:
You better stop
Putting people down
You better stop
Doing people wrong
You better stop
Pushing them around
Now the world's on fire
And Sam--you got the match in your hand

Georgie Porgie Puddin' n' Pie
Can you look your countrymen straight in the eye
And even if you can't think of what to say
Nod a little, yes or no, you're good at charades
You got Dicky on your left and Colly on your right
Soldiers in the sandbox fighting all night
Oh just in case you can't remember what it's for
Write it on your hand: Lunch Money War

Chorus:

Bridge:
Television information nothing but lies
Turn up the sound bytes, drown out the cries
Military circus show on foreign soil
Flood lights flash on faces black as oil

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released March 31, 2002
Written by Kelli Caldwell and Gil Reynolds
Vocals by Gil Reynolds
Arrangement, instrumentation, and production by Gil Reynolds

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Kelli Caldwell Portland, Oregon

With her distinct vibrato, Caldwell’s sound is very unique. Though compared to that of Alanis Morrisette, Gigi Love, or “a cross between Tracy Chapman and Nancy Griffith,” her voice and style are all her own. But it’s the lyric, the storytelling that drives her…“I love trying to settle into someone else’s soul for awhile, trying to tell their story honestly.” ... more

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