Song for Kevin Freeman

Song for Kevin Freeman July 7, 2003

the world isn't made up of atoms, you know
it is made up of stories and songs
about all of the people who did their small best
to tell all of the rights from the wrongs
Kevin was someone who'd played all his cards
and his world kept on coming apart
he smiled like a star through a forested sky
at the few who would look in his heart

now, this is a town with a certain renown
and it's proud of its liberal ways
but if you are poor it will show you the door
or just slam the door right in your face
Kevin they figured they'd just throw in jail
again and again and again
with a stay-away order that meant half the town
was forbidden, the half with his friends

chorus: down near the bay where it's foggy all day
the stars are much harder to see
it takes all your heart just to play a small part
in the story

in the old days they'd shanghai a man who would
waken and find himself sailing away
these days they just outlaw everything so
they can pick and choose who to waylay
Kevin they put in a cell with a man who had
once attacked cell mates before
Kevin's life ended by angry bare hands
alone in his cell on the floor

chorus: down near the bay where it's foggy all day
the stars are much harder to see
it takes all your heart just to play a small part
in the story

this is a town that the rest of the world
always thinks is ahead of the game
but Kevin could tell you a story or two
and there's plenty gets treated the same
officials who vie for the spotlight will tell you
they're sorry the way it went down
but Kevin was cost all the little he'd got
and it's still going round and around

chorus: down near the bay where it's foggy all day
the stars are much harder to see
it takes all your heart just to play a small part
in the story (2x)

"Art. Art. Art. If you say it enough you sound like a barking dog."
Carol Denney