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AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE

from LIKE A WORLD by Patrick Regan Band

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Written during one of my country's war fevers, when people who knew it was wrong, including me, were afraid to speak out. Afraid of damaging their careers, alienating friends and family members, or even being killed. Sadly, timeless, and increasingly timely.

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AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE

Oh the choice is clear when the tanks roll in
But the challenge comes in a thousand ways
Always in the air in the calmest days
And if you should hear, you are not alone

Empire’s days are gone, so the tailor said
As he dressed the lie in the cloak of peace
Still you see the head of the same old beast
Through the children’s eyes, and you’re not alone

See it overgrown and still reaching out
To the fields of oil and the diamond mines
To the factories south of the borderline
See how victory spoils, and you’re not alone

With a kinder face it’s still slavery
With your dearest name it’s still genocide
Empire’s just the same when it thrusts inside
Your most private place

Friends and neighbors turn, cheer the winning side
There’s no middle ground in this make-believe
Though you fear you’ll drown, go against the tide
For the tide may turn, and you’re not alone

Oh the challenge comes in so many ways
On the path you take through the everyday
Let it pass, or stand though you’re only one
You’re the one who can, and you’re not alone

Dare to take a stand, though you’re only one
You’re the one who can, and you’re not alone

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from LIKE A WORLD, released January 14, 2023
Copyright Patrick S. Regan (BMI)

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Patrick Regan Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

A songwriter and singer, I'm handy enough to be a one-man band, but lucky enough to rope in great collaborators. Never played for a living: living to play.

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