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Pulling Together, Apart (for Covid, with enmity)

from Random Magic by Schweitzer

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The parenthetical title says it all, I think. I wrote this in the midst of the first lockdown in March of 2020 and originally released it to social media that same month.

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Differences notwithstanding
Things are as they are
The world has gotten so demanding
Just waking up is so bizarre

The sun still rises each morning
And we search for something we share
Even if it's just a warning
There has to be the space to care

It's not a game, but it's a game we have to play
But there are many winners, you will see
I promise this
I'll stay in for you, stay in for me

Pulling out all the stops
Pulling for you and I
To rise above and be pulling, pulling our share
We can't stand hand to hand
But we can still be heart to heart
Pulling together, apart

One thing remains of who we are
The promise of who we can be
I think we'll learn to love the scar
If we dig in our heels, clench a lonely fist
Open our eyes, set our gaze on the prize and choose to see

It's not a game, but it's a game we have to play
but there many winners, you will see
I promise this
I'll stay in for you, stay in for me

Pulling out all the stops
Pulling for you and I
To rise above and be pulling, pulling our share
We can't stand hand to hand
But we can still be heart to heart
Pulling together, apart
Pulling together, apart

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from Random Magic, track released October 15, 2022
for Covid, and the tRUMP misadministration, with enmity.

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Schweitzer Los Angeles, California

My brother started writing songs and that was the spark that started me on my own songwriting course that would last the rest of my life. I chose to use my surname, "Schweitzer," for practical reasons, realizing long ago that pronouncing "Richard Schweitzer" was difficult. "Schweitzer Projects" under the "tindog music & stuff" umbrella is producing songs in the Pop / Pop rock or folk categories ... more

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