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A Call To Action

from Gift To Be Alive by Jefferson Jay

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A Call To Action was the 3rd in row on this CD that I wrote on Christmas 2008. It was a great day. It is a song about people taking personal responsibility for this world and their roles in it. People can't sit idly by while the world rots. We are all in this together and there is much to do.

lyrics

A Call to Action
Bm A
Are you guys in a band?
Bm A
Not in a musical way
Bm A F#m E
More like a Band-Aid on the Earth today

Bm A
The homeless guy asked us
Bm A
He’d biked from somewhere in Virginia
Bm A
Over 3000 miles
F#m E
On Christmas Day delivered

G
Call the people
G A Bb
Make a stand
G
Our next move
G A Bb
Will soon be planned

G
We’ll rise together
G A Bb
Hands held high
G
Freedom People
G A Bb C
Touch the sky

Bm A
We come together like a band
Bm A
And sing our songs throughout the land
Bm A
We grow and reach for sun and sky
F#m E
We grow each day together high

Bm A
Every day our numbers grow
Bm A
We feel as others join our flow
Bm A
And when we reach the mass extreme
F#m E
The chance arrives; fulfill our dream

Bm A
We lift each other to the sky
Bm A
With open arms, we float up; fly
Bm A
We reach the light and merge as one
F#m E
Forever grace the heavens; sun

G
Call the papers
G A Bb
Flood the ‘net
G
The revolution’s
G A Bb
being set

G
We’ll rise together
G A Bb
Hands held high
G
Freedom People
G A Bb C
Touch the sky

F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
E
The sky reflects

F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
B
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
E
The sky reflects

Bm
The ocean reflects
A
The sky reflects
Bm
The ocean reflects
A
The sky reflects
Bm
The ocean reflects
A
The sky reflects
F#m
The ocean reflects
E

credits

from Gift To Be Alive, released March 27, 2012
Jefferson Jay – Guitar, Vocals
Paul Lopez – Drums, Congas, Bongos
Richard Romero – Bass, Backup Vocals
Junior “The Soul Man” Fos – Guiro
“Blowski” Michael Blow – Keyboards
Paul Ruiz – Trumpet
Jack Davidson – Lead Guitar

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Jefferson Jay San Diego, California

Jefferson Jay works to improve the world through art and love. A community-oriented original, Jay's "24 Hours of Free Music" and his two Operation 365 video projects - three videos and blog each day for a year! - are testaments to art, individuality, inclusion, and experience. ... more

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