I think I just wrote a Neil Young song...

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

This one came out of left field...woke up Wednesday and started playing some chords, started recording it and wrote lyrics as I went along, and it turned into this.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6508485

Johnny Put Your Gun Down

Yonder comes a man
In a suicide vest
Saying God’s in the East
And the Devil’s in the West
Gonna blow away these devils
Smiling in their SUVs
He’s much too young for heaven
But he’s just dying to rest in peace

Change is a-comin’
Always did and always does
The past taught a lesson
Can’t remember what it was
We might lose the future
So we gotta win the war
But then the Voice of God says
“Johnny put your gun down
Thought I told you not to fight no more”

Times are getting tough
But I do what I can
I work hard for a living
I’m just a family man
Some crazy freak on a mission
Trying to send me to Hell
Is gonna get just what he’s giving
He’s gonna scream in his cell

Chorus

Can’t depend on a miracle
Flashing down from above
It’s gonna take a lot of patient conversation
It’s gonna take a little love

Better lay down your weapon
Better reach out your hand
No victory, no surrender
Just talk to the man
We all have a problem
But we all deserve to live
I pray we both find an answer
I pray we find the strength to forgive

Chorus

(Copyright 2008 by Mark Kaufman)

[bitzerguy]

Mark... awesome song. Wow! I loved everything about this song. Great guitar tone on the lead. Excellent lyric and great melodie. Sounds like a hit there.

[rikk]

Mark, nice work!

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

Thanks Dean & Rikk!

I'm still fumbling around with digital recording so I clipped the lead vocal...need to re-do it. But I think I will post this on Neil's "Living With War" site and see how it does.

Appreciate the listen!

-mk