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Democracy

from One By One by Travis Knapp

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lyrics

“Democracy”

Show me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like

We gather here with voices raised
So we can go back home today
To raise our food and families
And live our lives in peace

When someone truly speaks for you
You’d better speak for them

When someone truly represents you
You’d best represent

Health Care, living wage

Education, climate change

One person, one vote

If you support the troops, bring them home

When you hurt, I hurt

When I hurt, you hurt

When your children hurt, I hurt too
We’re all in this together

Gay, Straight, Woman, Man
Black, White, Brown, Tan
Immigrant, or Native child
We’re all in this together

Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian
Sufi, Muslim, or no religion

One Truth, Many Paths

We’re all in this together

Look at your hands, put them right out in front of you now
If there's a way, these hands are the ones that know how
Every shovel you lift, every tree that you plant
Every choice you make - will this improve the land?

We're only tenants here, in this body on this earth
Given just one job, a mandate from birth
Gratitude for every creature doing its part
And gratitude above us that we get to do ours

It's our birthright, foresight, holding tight to what we know is right
We just might reignite the firelight to keep up the fight
For ancient forests and riversides, mountain tops where peace resides
Hope unites but fear divides, love this life, open your eyes

As long as the sun does rise, we walk here side by side
No idea is too big, no action too small
And these hands - your hands - our hands
Can hold it all

One voice
Echoed back
Becomes stronger
And stronger

When the people speak, the truth is heard
When the truth is heard, the people move
When the people move, we can’t be stopped
We’re all in this together

Show me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like

credits

from One By One, released July 9, 2019
Travis Knapp - lead vocals, banjo, & piano
Desmond Bratton - double bass
Byron “Kidd” Cage - drum set
Elisa Sciscioli - harmony vocals
Angie Beeler - harmony vocals
Jonathan Keefner - hand percussion
Harmony Malone - tambourine
Nate Marshall - harmonic
Remanu Steele - trumpet
Ithaca community chorus


All songs written by Travis Knapp

Mixing and Mastering by Nate Silas Richardson, REP Studio (Ithaca, NY - www.repstudio.com)

Recorded by Nate Silas Richardson (REP Studio), and by Travis Knapp (Fun Acres Studio + various locations)

Illustration by Linda Wingerter (www.paintedbooks.com)
Packaging design & layout by Pat Burke

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Travis Knapp Ithaca, New York

"Hopeful soul-lifting acoustic folk music rooted in pop, jazz, soul, and gospel - piano/banjo/guitar/vocals; from the fields, forests, ponds, and meadows of Ithaca, NY."

www.travisknapp.com

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