It doesn't take a genius to figure out where the motivation came from for this one. I've been watching news, social media, live streams from the Ukrainian and Russian people for days now. Being an ailing, aging singer-songwriter there isn't much I can do to help but put my thoughts and words to music and send the hope that this comes to an end out into the universe.
Unlike my usual habit, this song's been made downloadable. I'd rather this message be spread far and wide than sit idle on some server.
Nobody wants this but the rich,
Nobody wants this for their kids
Sent off to war to kill their neighbors
To bring back what once had been
Nobody wants this
Despite the warnings, no one thought this day would come
He who calls the shots swore he wouldn't cross that line
Now planes fill the air, and bombs fall from the sk y
Tanks clog the roads as we watch the people die
Can't help but wonder on what's to come
Nobody wants this
Nobody wants this but the rich,
Nobody wants this for their kids
Sent off to war to kill their neighbors
To bring back what once had been
Nobody wants this
The common man feels the pain as the world reacts
Prices soar, misinformation distorting all the facts
As the brave face down impending doom, and overwhelming odds
Doing all they can just to try to save their homes
I safely sit a world away thinking to myself
Nobody wants this
Nobody wants this but the rich,
Nobody wants this for their kids
Sent off to war to kill their neighbors
To bring back what once had been
Nobody wants this
We won't step in to lend a hand
'cause if we did
Eventually the nukes would flyj
And it would mean the end
And nobody wants this
Nobody wants this but the rich,
Nobody wants this for their kids
Sent off to war to kill their neighbors
To bring back what once had been
Nobody wants this
Stop trying to bring back what once had been
Nobody wants this
@misterdemp Feb 2022
Indeed. Well said!!!
@tamsnumber4 Feb 2022
Wonderful write and vocal on this and so happy to hear you Stuart, I haven't been around to hear you yet. I appreciate you sharing this on the Ukraine Thread.
@tseaver Feb 2022
Nice write, and an apposite response to the news of the day.
@crisp1 Feb 2022
Needs to be on Russia radio! You sing this with a ton of feeling.
@toms Feb 2022
Right on, Stuart. Also, hope you are feeling better. Chronic illness is awful.
@cindyrella Feb 2022
Indeed. Nobody does and you've captured this so perfectly
@gindark Feb 2022
Very good and very true. Simple but effective. Capturing the anger and the angst. Technically great recording quality too.
@firesail Feb 2022
Dang this is a solid song, arrangement, lyrics, singing and guitar playing. It's another reminder to me that you can have a just vocal performance and an instrument and it can feel like a complete musical work. I liked the extra twangy bit on the guitar recording in the beginning. Nice work!!
@leslie333 Feb 2022
Wow this is great - hate the reason you needed to write it but it's pretty much the situation in a nutshell.