brett dennen
adding page because..aint no reason.. but love..
There ain’t no reason things are this way
It’s how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
I can’t explain why we live this way
We do it every dayPreachers on the podiums speaking of saints
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape
Cursing my nameI got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
You could spend your whole life working for something
Just to have it taken awayPeople walk around pushing back their debts
Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets
Talking about nothing, not thinking ’bout death
Every little heartbeat, every little breath
People walk a tight rope on a razors edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pen
Or thought, or a word or a sentenceThere ain’t no reason things are this way
It’s how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
I don’t know why I say the things I say
But I say them anywayBut love will come, set me free
Love will come, set me free, I do believe
Love will come, set me free, I know it will
Love will come, set me free, yesPrison walls still standing tall
Some things never change at all
Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all
Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all
Working your fingers bare to the boneBreaking your back, make you sell your soul
Like a lung, it’s filled with cold
Suffocating slow
The wind blows wild and I may moveThe politicians lie and I am not a fool
You don’t need no razor or a three piece suit
To argue the truthThey air on my skin in the world under my toes
Slavery stitched to the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
Love I try to followLove will come, set me free
Love will come, set me free, I do believe
Love will come, set me free, I know it will
Love will come, set me free, yesThere ain’t no reason things are this way
It’s how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
I can’t explain why we live this way
We do it every day
2014 – horny toad.. sc
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What’s done is done. Winter is coming. It’s time to love in the dark. Right now friends of mine… https://www.instagram.com/p/BMmKTb8lGkh/
What’s done is done. Winter is coming. It’s time to love in the dark. Right now friends of mine are up on Salt Spring Island starting a revolution. Right now a new righteous leader is somewhere contemplating their emergence.
indeed.. it’s all of us…. no us or them ness..
She or he will be the equal and opposite reaction to this madness. We know, just like good people in those battle ground states know, that this election does not mean America is moving backward. We are still moving forward. We just didn’t show up yesterday. We underestimated the enthusiasm of the misguided and uneducated. They may think they are taking their country back, but this is only their last stand. Don’t feel powerless. Realize that you have power.
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find/follow Brett:
Brett Michael Dennen (born October 28, 1979) is an American folk/pop singer and songwriter from Central California. His sixth studio album, Por Favor, was released in May 2016.
As a child, Dennen was homeschooled, where he was given creative free rein by his parents. He spent much of his time learning to play music. After becoming proficient in the guitar, he started to write his own songs.
Dennen attended Camp Jack Hazard, a residential summer camp, as a child and adolescent, and worked there as a counselor. He has continued to help the camp, performing at a fundraiser in February 2012 for the Jack and Buena Foundation, which now runs Camp Jack Hazard. Brett’s older sister and younger brother also attended the camp, and his mother has served on the board of directors of the Jack and Buena Foundation.
He attended UC Santa Cruz from 2000–2004, where he was a student at Kresge College. He led numerous anti-smoking campaigns on campus, and was instrumental in removing ash trays from building entrances.
Dennen has been a part of The Mosaic Project, a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit organization, since its inception. The Mosaic Project works towards a peaceful future by uniting young children of diverse backgrounds, providing them with essential skills to thrive in an increasingly diverse society, and empowering them to strive for peace.
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As The Mosaic Project’s Resident Rock Star, Dennen created an original musical curriculum for the program which they released as an album called Children’s Songs for Peace and a Better World in 2003. It won a Children’s Music Web 2004 Award and a Parent’s Choice 2004 Approved Award.
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