Songwriter

I'm gonna attempt to do this... but my webspace is currently filled up... so, some stuff is gonna have to go... hmmmn, decisions decisions...

I will post music as space becomes available... and I get time to record it...

Here are some sites that have some of my stuff...

http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/c/charlierayfetty.htm

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Charliesongwriter/

http://www.labornotes.org/songs/songOfMonth.html

http://normalflora.org/charlieray.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cspan_backup/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cspan_barkup/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/puebloaction/

http://groups.msn.com/StrikeForce

http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/c/charlierayfetty.htm

I've been making and uploading videos for youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pIdYvxiczI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV--vT2dyxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Judyrmbu-m4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUG4VIDxSY&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0DW6pkB2c

How long do angels live

How long do angels live...
I really wanna know...
and if they die...
where do they go...
why are they so concerned...
with the affairs of mankind...
I ask you the wise and the learned...
the fools and the blind...
what is good and evil...
have you eaten of that tree...
was the fruit sweet or vile...
did it enslave you...
or did it set you free...

How long do angels live...
I really wanna know...
and if they die...
where do they go...
if we could go back...
and choose again...
I ask you the strong and the Abel...
the weak and the Cain...
would you choose to live...
or eat of the same tree again...
to know good and evil...
the serpent and the fire...
and the weed and the sin...

How long do angels live...
I really wanna know...
and if they die...
where do they go...
why are they so concerned...
with the affairs of mankind...
I ask you the wise and the learned...
the fools and the blind...
how long do angels live.


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Here's my rooster cockadoodledo music...

A part of me ran away

Well, we took to the stage...
and that crowd turned on US...
but we jUSt stood our ground...
see we had something to say...

And there was tension in the air...
and the silence grew unbearable...
so we began to play...

And the crowd went yeah, yeah, yeah...
yeah... yeah...

Yeah... yeah...
yeah... yeah...

Yeah... yeah...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Through the Ages

Through the ages...
Poets have writ...
about a love like ours...
many have sought for it...
many have tried...
few have found it...
and many have cried...

Many have wished for it...
but were denied...
afraid for their hearts...
they lived and they died...
and so I realize how precious it is...
when the one that I love, loves me...
so through all time this poet will write...
about this love of ours...

Love me, my love...
for I am yours...
and my love is with you always...

Love me, my love...
for I am yours...
and my love is with you always...

Always.

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Money

Welcome my friend to our establishment...
I hope you brought your initial investment...
Now, jUSt sign on the dotted line...
and everything will be jUSt fine...
And let's make one thing clear...
If you want more, then you'll pay here...

So, you wanna know more about money...
the first lesson is that nothing is free...
Now, for jUSt a little bit more...
I can get you in on the ground floor...
I recommend that you don't hesitate...
the Fed's raising the percentage rate...

Good, now you're ready for the next lesson...
Right and wrong are divined on the bottom line...
and in order to get your return...
you've got to have money to burn...
And now I have to endorse...
that you take the "Advanced Course"...

Good, now you're ready for the final lesson...
Let's have a look at your equitable position...
Well, according to your account...
your balance is a negative amount...
You've exceeded your credit line...
and now, your interests are mine...

And no one buys that old line...
"The root of all evil"...
Now, go forth and bring me more...
and as for that other God...
don't let it bother you at all...
Heaven and Hell...
Ohh well...

Well, now it appears that you're morally bankrupt...
You didn't buy into that old fable...
You say that you believe...
that God is strong and able...
but the bottom line is who do you believe...
puts the food on your table...

And so, you wanna know more about money...
the first lesson is that nothing is free...
and in order to get your return...
you've got to have money to burn...
and burn... and burn...
Now, you're in hell...
Ohh well...

And no one buys that old line...
"The root of all evil"...
Now, go forth and bring me more...
and as for that other God...
don't let it bother you at all...
Heaven and Hell...
Ohh well.


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Here's the live version of Money

Alla Sha La Na

Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...

And though a man hath the courage...
to face all hell and earth...
But he hath not the courage...
to face the truth...
Then he hath not the courage...
to face the kingdom of heaven...

And all the people sing...
Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...

And though a man hath the strength...
to lift up his whole house...
But he hath not the strength...
to bear the sins of the world...
Then he hath not the strength...
to lift himself to heaven...

And who among US can be saved, my friends...
Who among US can be saved my friends...
Except by the strength borne of the blood...
Of the Christ...

And all the people sing...
Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...

And though a man hath the love...
Of all his family...
But he hath no love...
For his enemy...
Then he hath not enough love...
To love God enough...

And all the people still sing...
Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...

And though a man hath the courage...
To face all hell and earth...
And though a man hath the strength...
To lift up his whole house...
And though a man hath the love...
Of all his family...

Who among US can be saved, my friends...
Who among US can be saved my friends...
Except when these things are borne of the blood...
Of the Christ...

And all the people sing...
Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...

Alla sha la nadle un da
Alla sha la na...
Alla sha la nadle un da...
Hallelujah...


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Believin' in Love

Well, I believe that love...
Is believing in love...
So, believe in me...
Cause I believe in you...
Can't you see...
If we only believe we're in love...
Then we are...

Some say love is a fantasy...
They say it's as real as you make it...
So let's make it real...
Believe in US...
Can't you see...
We're not getting younger...
And life is jUSt funner...
When we're in love...

Well, I believe that love...
Is believing in love...
So, believe in me...
Cause I believe in you...
Can't you see...
If we only believe we're in love...
Then we are...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Basic Blues

Well, I got the blues baby...
I gotta case of your basic blues...
Now I say, I got the blues baby...
I gotta case of your very basic blues...
Well, hear the news, Lord...
Good time Charlie's got the blues...

Well, you're my best friend...
The best friend I ever had...
Now I say, you're my best friend...
The best friend I ever had...
Well, I don't understand why...
Ya wanna treat me so bad...

Well, ya hurt me baby...
Hurt me really bad...
Now I say, ya hurt me baby...
Ya hurt me really bad...
Well, I guess that's the worse hurt...
I think I ever had...

I know I play my guitar...
I play it all day and night...
I say, I play my guitar...
I play it all day and all the night...
But I don't think that's reason...
For me and you to fight...

You know, I love ya baby...
Love ya all night long...
Now I say, I love ya baby...
Love ya all night long...
Well, it feels so right now...
That it can't be that wrong...

Well, hurt me baby...
Hurt me really bad...
Now I say, ya hurt me baby...
Hurt me really bad...
Well, I guess that's the worst hurt...
I think I ever had...

Well, I got the blues baby...
I gotta case of your basic blues...
Now I say, I got the blues baby...
I gotta case of your very basic blues...
Well, I hear the noose, Lord...
Good time Charlie's got the blues...
I say, hear the noose, Lord...
Good time Charlie's got the blues...
The basic blues...


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Try Again

I fly...
into the sky...
then I crash dive...
back into the earth...
bruised and battered...
I dust myself off...
look into the sky...
wondering why...
that I yet live...
and I must try again...

(Chorus)
And I must live...
until I die...
and I am still alive...
and I will fly...
and crash dive...
but I will still try again...
yes, I will...

It seems to be...
the cycle of my life...
so many scars I have...
sometimes they give me pain...
many times I've cried...
the tears have all long dried...

(Chorus)
And I must live...
until I die...
and I am still alive...
and I will fly...
and crash dive...
but I will still try again...
ohh yes, I will...

I fly...
into the sky...

(Chorus)
And I will live...
until I die...
and I am still alive...
and I will fly...
and crash dive...
but I will still try again...
yes, I will...


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Thank You

Well, the lessons came hard...
but I learned them well...
I learned a lot about love...
but now, it's hard to tell...
that I'd ever learned anything...
cuse now, I don't know the first thing...
your love is a new thing...
and I have never felt so loved before...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
ohh, thank you...

And how could I forget...
all the lessons that I learned...
whenever I gave...
I always got burned...
and no one ever gave me anything...
the way you give me everything...
your love is a new thing...
and I have never felt so loved before...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmm, thank you...

Well, I know how to give...
but not how to receive...
and I'm afraid to ask...
for fear that you might leave...
and that scares me more than anything...
cuse to me you're everything...
and now, I'm confessing...
that I have never felt so loved before...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
no, I've never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
ohh, thank you...

Well, the lessons that love taught me...
could not prepare me...
for one who loves like you love...
and ohh, can't you see...
that no one ever gave me anything...
the way you give me everything...
and now, I'm confessing...
your love is a new thing...
and I have never felt so loved before...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
no, I've never felt so loved before...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
hmmmmhhmmmmhhhmmm...
no, I have never felt so loved before...
hmmm, thank you.


Charlie Ray Fetty III

The Repentance Song

Turn from thy wrath lord...
Please turn from thy wrath...
Please turn from thy terrible wrath...
Ohh God...
I repent, lord... I repent...
So, please turn from thy terrible wrath...
Ohh God...

(put a postage stamp on it...
And address it to God himself...
Send it off to heaven in a prayer...
Maybe it'll do some good...
It can't hurt:~)...

All of US are guilty...
Wretches one and all...
Seeing everyone else's faults...
But our own...
We'll leave no stone unturned...
In search of that...
Looking everywhere...
But our own heart...
But we repent lord...
We repent...
So please, turn from thy terrible wrath...
Ohh God...

(put a postage stamp on it...
And address it to God himself...
Send it off to heaven in a prayer...
Maybe it'll do some good...
It can't hurt:~)...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Peace and Love

Peace and love...
Give US peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

Do unto others...
As you would have them do unto you...
Love your friends...
Love your enemies to...
Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

Treat others better...
Than they treat you...
If they steal your coat...
Offer them your shirt to...
Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

If they strike your cheek...
Offer them the other one to...
TrUSt in your God...
To defend you...
Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

(Bridge)
And ya gotta understand, yea...
Ya jUSt gotta understand...
This is how we can save the world...

Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

La paz y adora… 
Denos paz y amor… 
Dios arriba, los deseos nosotros paz y adora… 
La paz y amor… 

Haga a otros… 
Como usted los tendría hacen a usted… 
Adora sus amigos… 
Adora sus enemigos a… 

La paz y adora… 
Deles paz y amor… 
Dios arriba, los deseos nosotros paz y adora… 
La paz y amor… 

Y usted tiene que entender… 
Usted Acaba de entender… 
Esto es cómo salvaremos el mundo… 
(Dios bendiga mi Pueblo:~)

Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US peace and love...
Peace and love...

Do unto others...
As you would have them do unto you...
Love all your friends...
Love all your enemies to...
Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US all peace and love...
Peace and love...

(Bridge)
And ya gotta understand, yea...
Ya jUSt gotta understand...
This is how we will save the world...

Peace and love...
Give them peace and love...
God above, bids US all peace and love...
Peace and love...


Charlie Ray Fetty III

Ballad for the Steelworkers

Now, hard work makes hard people
and iron can be forged into muscle and blood...
in the heart of the steelworker...
with a soul from God and a body from mud...

Chorus
And if we honour Seniority, then we honour ourselves...
and if we love our brothers and sisters, then we also love ourselves...
and if we fight for Democracy, then atleast we fight for ourselves...
and when we've won jUStice for ourselves...
then the victory will be for everybody...
and what a victory day that will be, amen brothers and sisters...
jUSt remember that we are that Union...
and united we stand... divided we fall...

And those people in that steelworker union...
will give until it hurts, if they love you...
but don't you mess with that union...
guaranteed that's something you don't wanna do...
because there's iron in that steelworker union...
where love and hate are life and death...
and brother that ain't no joke...

Chorus
And if we honour Seniority, then we honour ourselves...
and if we love our brothers and sisters, then we also love ourselves...
and if we fight for Democracy, then atleast we fight for ourselves...
and when we've won jUStice for ourselves...
then the judgment will be for everybody...
and what a judgment day that will be, amen brothers and sisters...
jUSt remember that we are that Union...
And united we stand... divided we fall...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

I think I've written the perfect rally song(this is 3 separate takes of myself doing it:~)...
Clap twice(1,2), slap your chest with each hand(1,2), clap twice again(1,2)...
Do it again and again... (1,2),(1,2)(1,2)... (1,2),(1,2)(1,2)...

:~)

Freedom

Freedom... Freedom... Freedom...
My love be free... like me my love...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
Let freedom ring... let freedom ring...
Freedom... Freedom... Freedom...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
We are free my love... thank God above...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
Let freedom ring... let freedom ring...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
We are one in the spirit...
we are one in the Lord...
We are one in the spirit...
we are one in the Lord...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
We are one...
God's will is done...
We are one in the spirit...
we are one in the Lord...
We are one in the spirit...
we are one in the Lord...
We are one...God's will is done...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
My love be free... like me my love...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
Let freedom ring... let freedom ring...
Freedom... freedom... freedom...
Freedom...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

One Day Longer

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Now, I was standing beside the river...
looking for the other side...
when I fell in and I was swept away...
and I surely would've died...
but Jesus pulled me from the water...
and he put my feet back on the ground...
he said, "ya got more work to do here, boy"...
so don't you just stand around...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Now, I called out unto heaven...
and I said, "lord, please smile on me"...
and he said, "son, ohh my sweet son"...
"why do you turn away from me?"...
and I said, "God, ohh my sweet God"...
"I repent with all of my heart"...
"and I will be here one day longer"...
"and try my best to do my part"...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Now, I was walking beside the highway...
with the tears of repentance caked on my face...
and the shield of lies that I hid behind...
crumbled away to its base...
and I stood naked before God...
and I saw the child that I am...
and just like being hatched from an ole egg shell...
I was born again...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Let the circle be unbroken...
by and by, lord... by and by...
and we will be here one day longer...
by and by, lord... by and by...

Charlie Ray Fetty III
(StrikeForce: Knights of the Union album:~)

Lovechild

I was the lovechild of a fifteen year old girl...
and a seventeen year boy...
Momma was a military brat...
Daddy was from the wrong side of the track...
Their forbidden and innocent love...
runs deep in my blood...

(Bridge:~)
Born and bred the American way...
Made in the U.S.A...

We started out in an adobe shack...
a block away from the railroad track...
Daddy worked day and night...
to get US over to the other side...
Many times my Momma cried...
three boys and a girl...
growing up on the wild side...

(Bridge:~)
Born and bred the American way...
Made in the U.S.A...

Now, I've a lovechild of my own...
into a fine young man he is grown...
the lovechild of a lovechild...
into him my wild seed is sown...
I'm sure he'll set the world on fire someday...
hey, he's my boy and he's from the same clay...
a half a mile from the railroad track...
he crosses over and then he comes back...

(Bridge:~)
Born and bred the American way...
Made in the U.S.A...

I saw Mom and Day jUSt today...
they're still together, they're fine and they're ok...
Forty three years now, they've loved this child...
though he's a little crazy and a little wild...
I'm proud to be their lovechild...
not much more that I can say...

(Bridge:~)
Born and bred the American way...
Made in the U.S.A...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Prophets and Kings

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Well, I try to convince myself...
that I've earned everything that I've got...
and that I'll get what I give...
and that when I'm hot... I'm hot...
and when I'm not... I'm jUSt not...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

And once again it occurs to me...
that I haven't done anything at all...
to deserve you or your precious love...
and I have to thank the lord, my God...
for I've been blessed lord, more than many...
prophets and kings...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Well, ole king Solomon, he ain't got nothin' on me...
for all his money, he weren't no happier than me...
for the joy in my heart is that I can see...
that I've been blessed lord, more than many...
prophets and kings...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Well, Moses look down from the bosom of God...
and him and ole Abraham, they smile on me...
for the joy in my heart is that I can see...
that I've been blessed lord, more than many...
prophets and kings...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Well, Elijah dwelt on the mountain of God...
and he made his home in the wilderness...
and he made his meals out of the locusts...
now, jUSt think about that...
jUSt think about that and you'll see...
that we've all been blessed lord, more than many...
prophets and kings...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Well, Moses look down from the bosom of God...
and him and ole Abraham, they smile on me...
for the joy in my heart is that I can see...
that we've all been blessed lord, more than many...
prophets and kings...

Whadda-lum-in-na...
daddle-da-doom-pa...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Cradle to the Grave

Ohh God... from the cradle to the grave...
Ohh God... how many lives have I lived...
Ohh God... how many men have I been...
Ohh God... it's happening again...

Chorus
But I swear this time, I'm not gonna cry...
I gotta be strong, though I don't know why...
Ohh God... I can feel that pain again...
Where does one man end and the other begin, Lord...
Ohh God... from the cradle to the grave...
We gotta be strong... gotta be brave...

Ohh God... am I going to die again...
Ohh God... am I going to live again...
Ohh God... how many lives can one man live...
Ohh God... how many times can one man die...

Chorus
But I swear this time, I'm not gonna cry...
I gotta be strong, though I don't know why...
Ohh God... I can feel that pain again...
Where does one man end and the other begin, Lord...
Ohh God... from the cradle to the grave...
We gotta be strong... gotta be brave...

Ohh God...
Ohh God...
From the cradle to the grave...
Ohh God...

Chorus
But I swear this time, I'm not gonna cry...
I gotta be strong, though I don't know why...
Ohh God... I can feel that pain again...
Where does one man end and the other begin, Lord...
Ohh God... from the cradle to the grave...
We gotta be strong... gotta be brave...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Eternally

We are one flesh...
we are one blood...
we are a new born entity...
and I am you now...
and you are me now...

Eternally...
Eternally...

And all of my love for you, my love...
and all of my love for you, my friend...
and all of my love for you, my darling...
y toto mi amor por ti mi novia...

We are destiny's reality...
and together we will choose...
I will walk with you...
and you will walk with me...

Eternally...
Eternally...

And all of my love for you, my love...
and all of my love for you, my friend...
and all of my love for you, my darling...
y toto mi amor por ti mi novia...

And all of my love for you, my love...
and all of my love for you, my friend...
and all of my love for you, my darling...
y toto mi amor por ti mi novia...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Here's a practice take of "before and before", for the Memorial show last Friday...

Click on the picture for the latest recording

Here's the words(lyrics:~)... 

before and before

Now, when you go to war...
war changes you...
you don't change war...
it stays the same as it was before...

They'll tell you everything that they can...
to get you to go fight their war in a foreign land...
(someone else's land:~)

They'll tell you you'll be a "hero of war"...
jUSt like before...
and before it's over you'll know...

(Chorus)
That there are no heroes of war...
there are prisoners and criminals...
the dead... and nothing more...

They told US it was a "war for peace"...
a war to end war...
jUSt like before and before...

They said that "God was on our side"...
they said a lot of things, Lord...
but they lied...

They said that we'd be "heroes of war"...
jUSt like before...
and before it was over, we'd know...

(Chorus)
That there are no heroes of war...
there are prisoners and criminals...
the dead... and nothing more...

Now, how much longer and how much more...
can we go on making our perpetual war...
jUSt like before and before...

We're working on "Genetic Weapons" now...
did you know...
wonder which race will be the first to go...

The virus and the flu...
death for me and you...
and they think that they're "heroes of war"...
jUSt like before...
and before it's over, we'll all know...

(Chorus)
That there are no heroes of war...
there are prisoners and criminals...
the dead... and nothing more...

No, there are no heroes of war...
not since Jesus the Christ...
opened up the door...

Now, those who live by the sword...
will die by the sword...
jUSt like before and before...

If our worst nightmare is what we do to our enemies...
then our worst nightmare is what we'll be...

We mUSt love our enemies, Lord...
turn the other cheek...
when the warriors are all gone...
the world belongs to the meek...

(Chorus)
And there are no heroes of war...
there are prisoners and criminals...
the dead... and nothing more...

No, there are no heroes of war...
not since Jesus the Christ...
opened up the door...

No, there are no heroes of war...
and it's jUSt not the same...
as it was before and before...

He opened up the door...
now we ain't gotta fight no more...
Thank you, Jesus.

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Movin' the Movement

I'm jUSt movin' the movement...
I'm jUSt poundin' the pavement...
I'm jUSt trying to pay the rent...
Cause I ran outta my unemployment...
Writin' war songs for the peace movement...
Yeah, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...

Now, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...
Expressin' my discontentment...
With the war establishment...
Tellin' them to jUSt get bent...
Writin' war songs for the peace movement...
I'm jUSt movin' the movement...

(Bridge:~)
And when the forces are gathered for the battle...
And the silence before the storm is in the air...
That's when you'll soothe your soul...
Saying "I am the good-guy"...
"And the evil-doer mUSt die"...

Next thing you know, you're grappling with the "bad-guy"...
In the struggle of who will live and who will die...
The moment of truth comes when you look in his eye...
And there ain't no lie then, no, there ain't no lie...
He's saying "I am the good-guy"...
"And the evil-doer mUSt die"...

What up with that?...

Now, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...
I'm jUSt poundin' the pavement...
I'm jUSt trying to pay the rent...
Cause I ran outta my unemployment...
Writin' war songs for the peace movement...
Yeah, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...

(Bridge:~)
And when the forces are gathered for the battle...
And the silence before the storm is in the air...
That's when you'll soothe your soul...
Saying "I am the good-guy"...
"And the evil-doer mUSt die"...

Next thing you know, you're grappling with the "bad-guy"...
In the struggle of who will live and who will die...
The moment of truth comes when you look in his eye...
And there ain't no lie then, no, there ain't no lie...
He's saying "I am the good-guy"...
"And the evil-doer mUSt die"...

What's up with that?...

Now, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...
Expressin' my discontentment...
With the war establishment...
Tellin' them to get bent...
Writin' war songs for the peace movement...
I'm jUSt movin' the movement...

Yeah, I'm jUSt movin' the movement...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

One More Time

I wanna tell you all about the Mobile Inspirational...
Third prize winner in the nineteen ninety nine Colorado State Fair Parade...

Now, it was a very very cool October evening in nineteen ninety nine...
The Mobile Inspirational was lookin' mighty fine...
I looked at him shining in the sun and wiped a tear from my face...
Told myself everything has a time and a place...
and I drove to the picket line...
One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...

Now, when I drove by the picket line...
I blew the battle horn...
Aoooogah...
I stuck my fist out the window...
and yelled one more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
There must have been about forty men...
all standing, yellin' and wavin' and cheerin'...
One more time...
Say one more time...
One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...

One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...

Well, that was the last day for the Mobile Inspirational...
We took her apart at the hall in a cold dark rain...
Now, in the scrap yard she sets...
Well, ashes to ashes and dust to dust...
The Mobile Inspirational now returns to rust...
One more time...
Say one more time...
One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...
Say one more time...

One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...

One more time for that Mobile Inspirational...
One more time for our old pal...
One more time...
One more time...
One more time.

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Union Town

I'm leavin' today... yeah, I'm on my way...
I'm goin' back where I belong...
and I don't care... no, I don't care...
how long it takes me to get there...
the path is before me... and I shall have no fear...
for once in my life... my destiny is clear...
yeah, I'm on my way... leavin' today...
for Union Town... Union Town...

Chorus
Union Town... right back where I started...
Union Town... where I found the love that my heart wanted...
Union Town... and I can't wait to be back with my friends...
in Union Town... Union Town... Union Town...

Now there'll be handshakes and hugs... and a lotta love...
when I get back to my family...
yeah, my brothers and sisters who really care...
are waitin' there for me...
and love... yeah love... they got a lot of love in Union Town...
and I can't wait... no, I can't wait to be back with all my friends...
yeah, I'm on my way... leavin' today for Union Town... Union Town...

Chorus
Union Town... right back where I started...
Union Town... where I found the love that my heart wanted...
Union Town... and I can't wait to be back with all my friends...
in Union Town... Union Town... Union Town...

Chorus
Union Town... right back where I started...
Union Town... where I found the love that my heart wanted...
Union Town... and I can't wait to be back with all my friends...
in Union Town... Union Town... Union Town...

So come on, and won't you join me...
and we'll all go to Union Town...
the path is before US and we shall have no fear...
cause courage... yeah courage... they got a lotta courage in Union Town...
if the cause is jUSt... they will lay it down in Union Town... Union Town...
if the cause is right... those people will fight... in Union Town... Union Town...

Chorus
Union Town... right back where we started...
Union Town... where we found the love that our hearts wanted...
Union Town... and we can't wait to be back with all our friends...
in Union Town... Union Town... Union Town...

YOU... NYON... TOWN...
YOU... NYON... TOWN...

Yeah, we're on our way... we're leavin' today...
for Union Town... Union Town...

Charlie Ray Fetty III

Chants

What do we want...
jUStice!...
When do we want it...
Now!...
What do we want...
jUStice!...
When do we want it...
Now!...

We are the Union...
The mighty mighty Union...
Everywhere we go...
The people want to know...
Who we are...
So we tell them...
We are the Union...
The mighty mighty Union...
Say, the mighty mighty Union...

Say, yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Yea yea yea yea...
This Union is here to stay...
It ain't never going away...
Hey hey Pueblo...
We jUSt want you to know...
That when it's time to get down...
This is still a Union town...
Say, yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Yea yea yea yea...
Hey hey Colorado...
We jUSt want you to know...
That when it's time to be great...
This is still a Union state...
Say, yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Yea yea yea yea...
Hey hey U.S.A...
We jUSt want to say...
There ain't no debates...
This is still the United States...
The United United States...
Say yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Yea yea yea yea.

Charlie Ray Fetty III and the members of USWA Local 2102
:~)

Revolution

We have the freedom to bear arms...
and the freedom to sing our songs...
We have the freedom to have our say...
and the freedom to worship God in our own way...

Made in America...

Now, it wasn't long ago...
I was in la Pueblo... en la Colorado...
Y, en la Colorado...
Now, there's a company down there...
they don't like to play fair...
Replaced all the devoted...
before the Union even voted...

We have the freedom to bear arms...
and the freedom to sing our songs...
We have the freedom to have our say...
and the freedom to worship God in our own way...

Now, it wasn't long ago...
I was in Seattle...
the Battle in Seattle...
Now, WTO sent in the man...
and things got way out of hand...
Tear gas and brutality...
against unarmed passivity...

We have the freedom to bear arms...
and the freedom to sing our songs...
We have the freedom to have our say...
and the freedom to worship God in our own way...

Now, it wasn't long ago...
I was in our capital...
DC is very interesting...
no US citizens are working...
And thousands of homeless Vets...
sleep on cold cement...
outside the home of our United States pResident...

We have the freedom to bear arms...
and the freedom to sing our songs...
We have the freedom to have our say...
and the freedom to worship God in our own way...

Now, China is pulling strings...
missles and money and other things...
And their idea of fair...
is things like Tiananmen Square...
Tear gas and machine guns ruled that day...
is that the new American way?...
tell me, is that the new American way?...

We have the freedom to bear arms...
and the freedom to sing our songs...
We have the freedom to have our say...
and the freedom to worship God in our own way...

Charlie Ray Fetty III
(StrikeForce: "Knights of the Union" album :~)

Don't you ever forget

Well, the battle is over... and the smoke has cleared...
I looked the battlefield o'er... and my eyes teared...
and I could almost see them... all the ones who had died...
standing there before me... I heard as they cried...

Chorus
Don't you ever forget the blood spilt that day...
and don't you ever forget the price that we paid...
and don't you ever forget that we died for our Union...
and don't you ever forget that that Union is you...

Well, I took my boy to the memorial... to show it to him...
to teach him the lessons... taught to me by them...
and standing at the memorial... that cloudy day...
he asked me what it was all about... and all I could say...(was)

Chorus

Well, here I am before you... and we are one...
together we face... the new millenium...
and I'm here to tell you... that our children must know the truth...
and we must remind them... as I remind you...

Chorus

Charlie Ray Fetty III

The Beacon

Well in these days of broken homes...
separations, divorce and the children's cries...
it's hard to still believe in love...
and that marriage vows aren't jUSt lies...
but I was blessed by their marriage...
for I know that it can be done...
it can last forever...
and two can be as one...
and their love is like the beacon...
on a cold dark night at sea...
cause if not for them...
I don't know where I'd be...

(Chorus)
For I know that it can work...
cause I seen it with mine own eyes...
Grandma and Grandpa made it...
and because of them I realize...
that a true love last forever...
and a lie is jUSt a lie...

Well, I've been their grandson...
for these last 44 years...
and they've loved me...
through all the smiles and all the tears...
now, I'm jUSt a regular guy...
but even I can see...
that if not for them...
I don't know where I'd be...
cause their love is like the beacon...
on a cold dark night at sea...

(Chorus)
For I know that it can work...
cause I seen it with mine own eyes...
Grandma and Grandpa made it...
and because of them I realize...
that a true love last forever...
and a lie is jUSt a lie...

Well, sixty five years of marriage...
is not all wedded bliss...
but we honor them all the more...
for this...
they've laid the foundation...
for US all...
and their love is like the beacon...
on a cold dark night at sea...
cause if not for them...
I don't know where we'd be...

(Chorus)
For we know that it can work...
cause we seen it with our own eyes...
Grandma and Grandpa made it...
and because of them we can realize...
that a true love last forever...
and a lie is jUSt a lie.

Charlie Ray Fetty III

One Tin Soldier
words and music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
From the movie "The Legend of Billy Jack"

Listen children to a story...
that was written long ago...
about a kingdom on a mountain...
and the valley folk below...

On the mountain was a treasure...
buried deep beneath the stone...
and the valley people swore...
they'd have it for their very own...

(Chorus)
So go ahead and hate your neighbor...
go ahead and cheat a friend...
do it in the name of heaven...
jUStify it in the end...

There won't be any trumpets blowing...
come the judgement day...
on the bloody morning after...
one tin soldier rides away...

So the people of the valley...
sent a message up the hill...
asking for the buried treasure...
tons of gold, for which they'd kill...

Came an answer from the kingdom...
"with our brothers we will share...
all the secrets of our mountain...
all the riches buried there"...

Now, the valley cried with anger...
"mount your horses, draw your sword"...
and they killed the mountain people...
so, they'd won their jUSt reward...

Now, they stood beside the treasure...
on the mountain dark and red...
turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said...

(Chorus)
So go ahead and hate your neighbor...
go ahead and cheat a friend...
do it in the name of heaven...
jUStify it in the end...

There won't be any trumpets blowing...
come the judgement day...
on the bloody morning after...
one tin soldier rides away...
one tin soldier rides away.

Amazing Grace
Words by John Newton, 1779

Amazing grace… how sweet the sound…
that saved a wretch like me…
I once was lost… but now I am found…
was blind… but now, I see…

Twas grace that taught my heart to fear…
and grace my fears relieved…
How precious did that grace appear…
the hour I first believed…

Through many dangers, toils, and snares…
I have already come…
Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far…
and grace will lead me home…

(Additional original verses:~)
The Lord has promised good to me…
his word my hope secures…
He will my shield and portion be…
as long as life endures…

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail…
and mortal life shall cease…
I shall possess, within the veil…
a life of joy and peace…

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow…
the sun forbear to shine…
But God, who called me here below…
shall be forever mine…
(end additional verses:~)

When we’ve been there ten thousand years…
bright shining as the sun…
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise…
than when we’d first begun…

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven...
hallowed be thy name...
thy kingdom come...
thy will be done...
in earth as it is in heaven...
give US this day...
our daily bread...
and forgive US our debts...
as we forgive our debtors...
and lead US not into temptation...
but deliver US from evil...
for thine is the kingdom...
and the power and the glory...
forever and ever...
amen.

A personal tribute to one of the greatest Songwriters ever.

American Pie

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.

I started singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lenin read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.

We were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.

And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."

Don McLean

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