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To: sit-rep
My opinion, nothing more. Who sings about trees?

Um, do you even remotely understand the lyrics to that song?

13 posted on 11/29/2005 7:15:13 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
Yes, quite aware. And just incase others are not, I went and got them word for word...

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw

17 posted on 11/29/2005 7:27:05 PM PST by sit-rep (If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
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To: Strategerist; sit-rep

Obviously he doesn't, if he thinks the lyrics to The Trees is socialism. It's ABOUT socialism, but not favorable to it by any means. Lyricist Neil Peart characterizes his views as small-L libertarian.


19 posted on 11/29/2005 7:32:19 PM PST by conservatrice
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