Sam Gendel
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Vikram Devasthali and Ross Garren with John Schroeder
From ANDRAS JONES: SAM GENDEL made his way from idyllic Visalia to Starburns Studios in Burbank to ask a philosophical question to the Pop Oracle of the songs of VIKRAM DEVASTHALI with ROSS GARREN and JOHN SCHROEDER. His answer is one of the guys’ new releases saluting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
POP ORACLE Song of The Day (June 22, 2019): CHRIS SAND aka Sandman: The Rappin Cowboy “The Hermit”
Dr. Ford
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
And the truth is marching onward, Dr. Ford
There’s a time to be a winner, and a time to know defeat
there’s a time to stand up shouting, and a time to take your seat
there’s a part of life that’s bitter, and a part of it that’s sweet
all these notes will come together in a chord
and the truth is marching onward, Dr. Ford
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
“As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal”;
Let the hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with her heel,
’Til the faith of all the cynics is restored
‘cause the truth is marching onward Dr. Ford
I was raised to think of justice as a thing we all could share
no more private than the water or the mountains or the air
and I won’t be told it’s different ‘cause the folks don’t seem to care
as they lie out in the sunshine feeling bored
‘cause the truth is marching onward, Dr. Ford
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make them free,
They will say it wasn’t raining, then it poured
But the truth is marching onward, Dr. Ford
