Waiting for a Hero, Waiting for the Draft (a capella)

Wait for a Hero, Waiting for the Draft (add your flavor/remix this tune)

Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson

This is a song againt apathy. For music, I was thinking something bluegrass (really cookin'). The vocals are quite raw with no effects. If you are interested (or you think you know someone that might be interested) in adding some music (or better vocals) to the mix, you can download the raw a capellas here at ccMixter (just click on the word "download" under the word "stream"). When you are done, you can email me any mp3s here.

For the Elijah Lucian remix of this song, click here.

All contributions will be considered Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0.

Your time and talent is greatly appreciated.



Lyrics:

the roll is being called / are you here, are you here

good people why are you silent / is it confusion, is it fear

in case it isn’t obvious, this is your cue

your turn has come around and it’s time for you to choose

your turn has come around and it’s time for you to choose



but you say it’s just all too much

well you don’t know the half

you’re waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft

you just turn the channel

while everyone else gets the shaft

you’re waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft



there’s a reason, there’s a reason / questions are not in fashion this season

curiosity’s unpatriotic and honesty is treason

but that, my friend, don’t give you / the license to ignore

the storm clouds at the window / and the drumbeat at the door

the storm clouds at the window / and the drumbeat at the door



still it’s not trendy enough

for me to do the math

i’m waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft

and i can’t be bothered

more than a couple paragraphs

i’m waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft



are these blessings a lie / or these blessings too plentiful

we too cynical to have dreams / or too ignorant to be cynical

our appetites keep growing / while progress is slowing

why’s the going gotta get tough / before the tough ever get going

why’s the going gotta get tough / before the tough ever get going



and it’s easy to get lost

if you never learned the path

waiting for a hero

waiting for the draft

when you don’t get the punch line

you’ll know who got the last laugh

waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft

(solo)

the roll is being called, are you here, are you here

we can’t afford to keep quiet / while the inevitable draws near

it’s time to make a stand and demand the world we want

or is all we claim to stand for really just a front

is all we claim to stand for really just a front



is history just a bedtime story

while we sleep through our past

we’re waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft

and if i die before i wake

what a fitting epitaph

i was waiting for a hero

i was waiting for the draft



lord, tell me what will it take

for me to get off my ass………………….

waiting for a hero

or waiting for the draft

and if i die before i wake

what a fitting epitaph

i was waiting for a hero

i was waiting for the draft



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