Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 48 DOWN HOME COMFORT click here if song fails to play in 6 seconds       Somewhere between midnight and a frightened century dawn       I awoke from a fragile sleep, all my hopes an’ dreams were gone       Everything I once had in life ‘cept these few clothes on my back       Lost somewhere between Saigon and a Skid Row mission tract               They call me Joe American and I come from Dixie Land               Played a little football abd worked hard with my hands               Down here on 5th an’ Julian the future don’t look so bright               Lord knows, sure could use a little down home comfort tonight       A rebel son reborn on the wrong side of yesterday       Decorated soldier abandoned on Living Hell Street LA       Voices won’t let me rest and between memories recast       Lie fragments of my Virginia home buried in a distant past               They call me Joe American and I fought in the war               Lost both legs an’ my best friend, never questioned the reasons for               But down here on 5th an’ Julian the future don’t look so bright               Lord knows, sure could use a little down home comfort tonight       So take this letter on up to D.C. from a relative of Robert E. Lee       The family tree’s alive in Dixie; ain’t gonna let you turn your backs on me               Yeah, the call me Joe American and I come from Dixie Land               And I wrote this simple note, try’n to help ya'll understand               You know, after the war they treated Lee and other veterans right               Lord knows, sure could use a little down home comfort tonight               Lord knows, sure could use a little down home comfort tonight NOTES: 1. Inspired by Orlando Ward of Midnight Mission, Los Angeles, California and Los Angeles Times reporter and friend of the forgotten children of Skid Row, Steve Lopez; dedicated to Operation Stand Down; Nashville, Tennessee. 2. "Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom:  She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."  --Ezekiel 16:49 3. According to Jesus, God will judge the United States and all other nations by how they treat the sick and poor Matthew 25:31-46. 4. HOMELESS STATISTICS AND INFORMATION. Click Here to Go Back to Contents Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Richard Aberdeen. Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Freedom Tracks Records. ( including from several earlier copyrights ) No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author. For inquiries, please contact Freedom Tracks Records.  The essays entitled Revolution and Revolution ~ Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced and distributed as desired.