WHEN THE GAME’S BEEN LOST OR WON
DOES IT MATTER WHO’S LEFT WITH A SMOKING GUN?
AND WHEN ALL’S BEEN SAID AND DONE
IS A BATTLE EVER FULLY LOST OR WON?
ALL THAT’S SACRIFICED FOR THE CAUSE
WILL THEY EVER JUSTIFY THESE WARS?
AND OF THE SURVIVORS: HOW WILL THEY
DEAL WITH MEMORIES FROM THOSE DAYS?
INST
HOW DO WE EXPLAIN TO OUR CHILDREN
THE WORLD CAN BE THIS WAY - HOW TO HELP THEM
HAVE AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE FUTURE?
THE SEEDS OF HOPE WE MUST NURTURE
WHEN THE GAMES BEEN LOST OR WON
DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHO BEGAN
THIS TALE OF WOE AND ALL THE SUFFERING?
WHAT’S BEEN GAINED IF IT ALL COMES TO NOTHING
AHH THE SUFFERING WHAT’S BEEN GAINED
IF WE DONT LEARN FROM ALL THOSE YEARS.
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021