Hey – Original Recording

I was on my way to pick up my Martin today. It’s been at the doctors office. Martin’s my guitar, I call her Gracie. I had to pull over 4 kms from High River because words. Words and words and words and words. I didn’t think I’d remember them all, so I had to pull over and write them down. I’m grateful I wasn’t on the Deerfoot, however, I also have this weird faith that if you think of lyrics and forget them, it’s like putting money in the bank.

Hey

There’s a storm brewing in the west tonight

It’s starting to unfold

hypocrisy is getting out tonight

Something ugly’s taking hold 

 

And all the things you take for granted

Not out of spite

But out of habit 

Lets all think about 

Waking up in the morning

To heed another warning

We better wake up 

We better speak out

We better say hey 

We better stand up 

We better speak loud

We better say hey 

All the things we call political 

is nothing even close 

It’s controlling all of us 

and what we hate the most 

We better wake up 

We better speak out

We better say hey 

We better stand up 

We better speak loud

We better say hey 

pick the ideologies 

that fit with your attire 

Ignore the ones standing up

Calling you a liar

Blame the ones who came before

Your version of the  truth

Your version of the truth

We better wake up 

We better speak out

We better say hey 

We better stand up 

We better speak loud

We better say hey 

Hey Hey Hey