Out of the clear blue sky
(John Lester)

When I was a young man
So many troubles seemed to come my way
I didn’t see that I sewed the seeds of my anger
They grew a little every day
Always a battle for my ways
And always someone else to blame
So many enemies
But never did I wonder from whence they came

I never stopped to look inside
To see if I held the reasons why
The world kept coming at me
From out of the clear blue sky

Now comes a time
When my country’s also come of age
A hell hit the homeland
And everyone is rightfully filled with rage
The president’s pointing his finger
And from the pulpit I heard him say
We’re one nation under God and by God
We’re gonna get ‘em back one day

With no admission to reasons why
He put all the blame on another side
And said the Evil One came at us
From out of the clear blue sky

Call me a traitor
Say I’m a coward not a patriot
Well I know we had to strike back
I just don’t think we’ve planned the hardest battle yet
How many fights for freedom
Will we wage while the peace is denied
And is that peace just a prayer we make on Sundays
And hope that God will bless it on us
From out of the clear blue sky

They were crazy
They were evil and they were wrong
But the weak take a desperate measure
When they’re backed into the corner by a foe to strong
My brother, my sister
My countryman, and my friend
I think we’d better take a really hard look at ourselves
If we want to keep this from happening again

And if we search beyond our pride
Perhaps we’ll find an answer that has long been denied
And peace will reign upon us
From out of the clear blue skyr

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