This album contains the songs of Kemp Harris, the winner of the Songs for Social Change Contest of 2021 sponsored by the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, RAWA, and the top finalists in the competition. The songs on this album address current social and economic challenges facing the world. The artists and their songs span a variety of genres with their messages.
There are 13 songs on the album.
released February 22, 2022
Includes unlimited streaming of Songs for Social Change Volume 6
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about
Michael August has been a programmer on Nashville radio station WRFN for 10 years. He is a songwriter and has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Shelby Bottom String Band for 7 years. He has also played as a solo artist.
Nell Levin has played with Americana artist Tom Roznowski, Buffalo Gals, Cadillac Cowgirls, Goldrush and bluegrass pioneer Earl Taylor. She was voted Most Promising Female Songwriter by Tennessee Songwriters Association. She was the primary songwriter, fiddler and back-up vocalist for Shelby Bottom String Band for 7 years.
lyrics
You’ve been living all your life here in this town
Now bulldozers are tearing houses down
Rent has got so high you can barely get by
Still this is your neighborhood, Welcome Home
Evicted now you’re sleeping in the park
Rain and cops and no rest in the dark
You’re body’s feeling old but you’re left out in the cold
You need a place to live, Welcome Home
Bridge:
This is our city -- where we all dream
Of a better life for our family
Everybody needs a home that they can call their own
Here in the land of the free
You traveled from the battles in Iraq
Back to flag waving and lots of empty talk
We cannot forget -- we owe you a debt
Now you’ve come here to our town, Welcome Home
You fled your country middle of the night
Sky was black, no border guards in sight
You’re building a new life for your children and your wife
We’re glad that you are here, Welcome Home
You came here thinking that you had a shot
Now you’re camped out in the Walmart parking lot
Playing bars for tips, waiting for your ship
We want to hear your songs, Welcome Home
Bridge:
We clean your hotel rooms, teach your kids in school
Put our lives on the line when fires burn
We’re drivers, waiters, retail workers, caregivers and cooks
We can hardly pay our way with what we earn
We will not be destroyed by the wrecking ball
This city, it belongs to us all
Children should be safe, everyone should have a place
All together now we say Welcome Home
Children should be safe, everyone should have a place
All together now we say Welcome Home
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