Name: Respectfully
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: This is a song I wrote back when the person who is now president of this country first started raising his head and opening his mouth. The conditions here have gotten progressively worse, and in light of the horrific death of George Floyd, the demands for justice and fairness and dignity, I thought it might be a good time to share the idea. The thing is, it's always the time.

Respectfully

by Bill Routhier

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This is a song I wrote back when the person who is now president of this country first started raising his head and opening his mouth. The conditions here have gotten progressively worse, and in light of the horrific death of George Floyd, the demands for justice and fairness and dignity, I thought it might be a good time to share the idea. The thing is, it's always the time.

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Respectfully

by W Routhier © 2015

we are all a part of us
all aboard this magic bus
though we appear variously
we all fall down to the ground
from the same tree

so why is it we fuss and fight
and never seem to get it right
is it really all that tough
to give your hand to understand
that’s enough

doesn’t matter where you’ve been
you are a human being
so I’ll treat you respectfully
doesn’t matter where you are
near afar
I’ll treat you respectfully

it’s something we’re all worthy of
just living in this world is tough
but every day’s another chance
to heal a heart to make a start
to rise and dance

I will tell you this my friend
I’m not going to pretend
that I know the how and where
it’s your own fate your own weight that you bear

but I know that you have dreams and
you’re a human being
so I’ll treat you respectfully

if you’ve been bad if you’ve been good
you still have buddhahood
I’ll treat you respectfully

why should we be ruled by hatred?
why must we be apart
why do we fight each other
when we share one human heart

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released June 10, 2020

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Bill Routhier New Hampshire

folk, blues, Americana singer songwriter living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, been around enough to know the sound of what I do

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