A true story with music inspired by Welcome To The Machine and Pigs (3 Different Ones).
Former Officer John
LYRICS
Dear John,
You’ve gone so wrong
Thinkin’ bigwig for weigh [sic] too long
Reduced to a big PIG song
I wish you made me laugh
Instead,
… I try not to cry
Had to conform
Hand in his uniform
The life he’s worn
Worn, torn and wasted
You know…
The dues you owe
For lives devastated
Shouldn’t have wasted
I wish you made me laugh
Instead,
… I try not to cry
Dear John
Had to conform
Didn’t learn
From the pig he’ll earn
Freedom he’ll yearn
You know…
The dues you owe
Those berated
Lives devastated
Shouldn’t have waited
Why be hated?
I wish you made me laugh
Instead,
… I try not to cry
ABOUT THE SONG
A former police officer berated me. He thought it would make him superior by laughing at me. I wished I could have laughed back at him… but, he made me want to cry.
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em D Em9 C / C Am Em
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church