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Mary Lou Fulton - Not Going Back (I Don't Think So)

from Songs for Social Change, Volume 4 by RAWA (Renaissance Artists and Writers Association)

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Mary Lou Fulton, a singer-songwriter and former journalist, has been chosen as the winner of RAWA’s Songs for Social Change Contest of 2019. Her song “Not Going Back (I Don’t Think So)” is a social-justice anthem that challenges the idea that the nation’s problems would be solved by going back to the “good old days” that weren’t so good for women, immigrants like Fulton’s mother and many others whose lives are better today because of social progress.

lyrics

NOT GOING BACK
Lyrics by Mary Lou Fulton
Music by Mary Lou Fulton and Rob Seals

VERSE 1

I hear we gotta get back to
The time when things were good
When America was great
The world worked like it should
Before we get too caught up
In faded photographs
Do we really want to
Go back to the past

Back to the kitchen
Back in the closet
Back to the end of the line
Just keep your mouth shut
Do as you’re told
Everything’s gonna be fine

CHORUS

I don’t think so
I don’t think so
The good old days weren’t so good for me
How bout you?
I don’t think so
I don’t think so
Oh no we’re not going back
I don’t think so

V2

When people cross the border
Oh fear for our lives
Nothing but invaders
With guns and bombs and knives
They’re talking about my mama
Been here since she was nine
Proudly waves the flag
On the Fourth of July

She hears back to the shadows
Back where you came from
Back to the end of the line
Stop with the Spanish
Just pick the crops
Everything’s gonna be fine

CHORUS 2

I don’t think so
I don’t think so
The good old days weren’t so good for me
How bout you?
I don’t think so
I don’t think so

Oh no we’re not going back

V3

I hear that what we look like
Doesn’t matter anymore
How come all the same folks
End up scrubbing the floors
Police shoots the Black man
Always an accident
Nothing wrong with the system
Obama was president

So go back to the projects
Back to the hustle
Back to the back of the bus
[I don’t think so]
Just keep your mouth shut
Do as you’re told
Stop making such a fuss
[I don’t think so]
Back to the kitchen
Back in the closet
Back to the end of the line
[I don’t think so]

Back to the shadows
Back where you came from
Back to another time

CHORUS

I don’t think so
I don’t think so
The good old days weren’t so good for me
How bout you?
I don’t think so
I don’t think so
Oh no we’re not going back
Oh no we’re not going back
We’re not going back
We’re not going back
We’re not going back
We’re not going back
I don’t think so

credits

from Songs for Social Change, Volume 4, released January 30, 2020
Lyrics by Mary Lou Fulton
Music by Mary Lou Fulton & Rob Seals

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