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Spirits of the Revolution (Larry Estridge)

from The Middle Ages, Vol III by Tyler Shipley

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Spirits of the Revolution was on a compilation of American protest songs that Folkways put out in the 70s, and something about it really grabbed my attention. There was a really wordy phrase in there about people who are 'indelibly bourgeois but refuse to be so' and it was all really wacky but sweet, and hopeful, and probably influenced by some drugs. As far as I can tell, Larry Estridge was a left activist in the USA and was involved in organizing protests at Harvard University, while also finding time to perform with the Velvet Underground. There are strange videos of him performing shows with a handgun under the name "slug" and he went on to become a sculptor. He died earlier this year.

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We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who've come to understand more of the horror, we will not fit in, we will not give in. We who find brothers and sisters in the struggling peoples of this earth, we who are coming to understand more of the mystery, we who know tragedy in the unending cycles of destruction, we who gamble with our lives. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are wise enough to continue learning, we will not fit in, we will not give in. We who are thirsty for greater knowledge, we who walk the night this side of desperation, we who are thirsty and looking for better ways to proceed, we who tremble and proceed. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are able to go beyond our anger, we will not fit in, we will not give in. We who are able to go beyond our awe, we who are not content to admit despair, we who care, we who burn, we who struggle with the knowledge that the path is long. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who believe in the flowering of freedom, we will not give in, we will not fit in. We whose anger cannot be conquered, we whose love cannot be bound, we who are singers of the new morning, we who have met the beast within ourselves. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in. We who are the spirits of the revolution, we will not fit in and we will not give in.

By Larry Estridge

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from The Middle Ages, Vol III, released September 3, 2017
Written by Larry Estridge

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Tyler Shipley Toronto, Ontario

Tyler Shipley was the founding member of the Consumer Goods (theconsumergoods.bandcamp.com) and now performs as a solo artist.

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