“Jerusalem” by Steve Earle

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Steve Earle Week continues at HarryShots.  Let it not be said that Steve Earle shirks being political or controversial.  He is very up front about most anything he feels strongly about, which is how songwriters should be.   Steve seems pretty in your face.  He once played a gig for my old concert company but it happened so long ago that I don’t remember a single conversation I had with him.  My loss.  He’s Americana music’s resident genius.   HL

The Middle East conflict is front and center in “Jerusalem.”

“I woke up this mornin’ and none of the news was good 
And death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stood 
And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way 
And there was nothin’ anyone could do or say.“

“And I believe that on that day all the children of Abraham 
Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem.” – Steve Earle,  “Jerusalem