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Buffy Ste. Marie wrote about the universal soldier. I write her about the universal sad sack. Autobiographical? In part!

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I stand with the kid who’s always picked last
for teams ‘cause he’ll never be agile or fast
I stand with the girl that not one boy thinks hot
I stand with the homeless who queue for a cot

I stand with the mute and with those hard of hearing
And jeer at the pious and the God-fearing.
I feel for the destitute and the unhealthy
and puke on the luxury cars of the wealthy

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I stand with the misfit and wimp,
the stammering boy and the gimp
with those scorned and bullied from birth
the meek will inherit the earth

I stand with the poor and those lacking clout
with those who’ve resigned themselves to going without
I stand with the addicts who hide from the law
and others condemned for their one tragic flaw

I stand with deserters from rich bastards’ wars
and with one who nose-dives more often soars
I stand with the awkward. I stand with the shy
But for random fortune there too go I

[I stand with those ridiculed and with the shunned
I stand with the gaunt and with the rotund
I stand with the clumsy and with the flustered
I stand with those who just don’t cut the mustard]

I scorn the arrogant, privileged few
whose motto is “Hey, I got mine so fuck you!”
I stand with the rebels and huggers of trees
I stand with the quarterbacks down on their knees

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from I Have Nothing Against Homosexuality So Long as No Fellow Male Tries to Force Himself On Me, and at This Point, I Don't Think I'm in Much Danger, released December 28, 2022

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John Mendelssohn London, UK

John Mendelssohn is a withered old embarrassment from Santa Monica, California, who, n spite of fervent listener indifference, or even antipathy, been writing and recording music for over 50 years. NYC Rock called him “one of our more unique pop personalities, and like no one you have ever heard. From hard jingle-jangles to experimental symphonic pop, his taste roams the landscape.” ... more

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