Michael Lyon

https://www.MichaelLyonMusic.com What is madness? Understanding the ominous shadow it casts over sea to shining sea requires neither an advanced degree in psychiatry nor enhanced powers of recognizing a flag-draped pathological liar time after time after time after time. A nursery rhyme level of awareness is sufficient to grasp the stark contrast between America of the last 80 years and the counterfeit version of the past 80 odd days. Putting Humpty Dumpty back together may be a fool's errand for all the king's horses & all the king's men, but for us: How about stopping the swapping of the 'land of the free and home of the brave' for an isolationist, grievance-based autocracy? With millions upon millions of us recoiling in horror at an authoritarian regime systematically dismantling the government, turning its back on the people it serves, flouting the rule of law, sinking the economy, waging crazed trade war tariffs, abandoning friends and allies, embracing longtime enemies... what better time than now to avoid drinking the Kool-Aid, looking the other way, or 'thinking' We The People are the radical ones for standing up, speaking out, and pushing back against the madness? As set forth in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." Until recently I didn't question whether we still retained the rights enshrined 250 years ago by America's Founding Fathers, like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. Thanks to them - and generations that followed (including soldiers who fought and died by the hundreds of thousands to protect American democracy) living a life of freedom I long accepted as a given. Wasn't that how life was always supposed to be in America The Beautiful? Suddenly now (as John Lennon put it in one of his last songs, "Beautiful Boy" ) being American turns into, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." How painfully self-evident that the last presidential election could keep us "busy making other plans" for ages to come. (Remember the social media post from the aspiring dictator right before the election? "If Kamala wins, you are 3 days away from the start of a 1929-style economic depression. If I win, you are 3 days away from the best jobs, the biggest paychecks and the brightest economic future the world has ever seen." Who in their right mind would even risk buying a used car from a guy like that?) As the gullibility of American people got us into this mess, it's up to enough Americans - wising up and standing up for our democratic values, humanity, and way of life - to get ourselves out of it, rid us of non-stop chaos, and allow for a return to the lives, liberties, and pursuit of happiness envisioned by our founders. Given the level of commitment and strength required, it may not be readily apparent we have it in us. But the truth is: we do. Look at the people in this video leading the charge... https://youtu.be/OSLrUFukdaw It begins by calling the tyrannical misrule of America for what it is - madness - while remaining dedicated to reclaiming a path toward the future worthy of our hopes and dreams. Cory Booker reminded the country how during his extraordinary 25-hour speech on the Senate floor: "The power of the people is greater than the people in power..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-BauRIg6Qo Thanks to those without whose passion and talents a project like this wouldn't have happened: Engineer & mentor, Paul Horabin at ReadyMixMusic (aka Abbey Road West) Singing superhero, Sarah Taylor Design miracle worker, Kari Hennager Fifth Beatle, Kit Alderson World class photographers Matthew Guillory, Chris Allan, and lots more The PEOPLE all across America, standing up and making our voices heard... Madness by Michael Lyon What’s love of country Got to do with Swapping freedom for a coup This is madness What’s so great ‘bout all this loathing Fear and hate Chaos churning All around Our ship of state now run aground 'cross the nation Feel the surge Pushing back Against the purge Maddest hatter In the land Builds the tallest tower Of lies he can Aided abetted By a gang Most spineless Ever to harangue Love this country See it through Now’s the time To start anew Stop the madness Cut it loose Out with the outlaws Vamoose Subscribe to Michael Lyon's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3g8d81u?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Michael: Website: https://www.MichaelLyonMusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelLyonMusic/ Spotify - latest album, WHAT COULD BE: https://open.spotify.com/album/2oARFc5TkvsuHlNIUGdmDb?si=cy31OtBLTcqPZFsfCaP0Lw - single, Madness: https://open.spotify.com/track/0w55YpEMSu50iWcM9Liel9?si=f0544636d1bc4e94 - single, No White Flags: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Pt0XoKBOWxMZiqPpf5BPa #MichaelLyon #Singer-Songwriter #IndieFolk