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Don't Break a Window

from 5 Years on the B​-​Side by Thom Dunn

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Whatever you do, just make sure that you don't break a window
'Cause when your outrage smashes the glass, it lets them know how the wind blows
Not those black kids who died before the March
Or the women and transfolk who want control of their own parts
It's the shattered shards of pane they see —that's where the "real problem" starts

You can take to the streets just as long as you don't punch a Nazi
Exercising rights is like the gays: It's fine as long as no one has to see
A way of life that doesn't fit
Into the narrow view controlling it
But reality's a one-way road that you can't just quit

And it won't go away
Just 'cause the man upstairs said, "Make America Great"
Change won't wait
For a convenient space in your Outlook calendar
Lives mean more than corporate property

Do I have your attention now that I've mentioned violence?
Well it's funny how that works, and they should know—they're the ones who came up with it
They make a profit while they're promising rights
Keep ordering never works when we're fighting to survive
Justice only comes when we rage against the dying light

Don't get me wrong, I still believe non-violence works
But now that the rules of the game have been changed, things are bound to get worse
Now that our truths are free of facts
How else were the people supposed to react?
You can't expect them all to keep the peace when you broke your part of the pact

We've heard it say
Justice and truth are the American Way
Change won't wait
For a convenient space in your Outlook calendar
Time is right to do what we're gonna do
Okay well technically the time that was right is now way overdue
But it all has to start with those same self-evident truths

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from 5 Years on the B​-​Side, track released January 21, 2017
Photo credit: Mobilus in Mobili/Flickr
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Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, & new media artist. He enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD & Emerson College. thomdunn.net ... more

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