This song is so sad. Whats even worse is that i happens now a days. Kids runaway cause they are gay and no one would accept them. Well...most are kicked out because they are gay, but thats a different story. Very sad and powerful.
@Shadow_Kyubi very late reply, but: 11 years since you posted this, and it sinks in a little more every day, even as "Da Drumpf" was sworn in last Friday, that it won't be one by until the dinosaurs who want to deny human rights and decency to people (for religion or whatever reason) will soon be a very small minority, and while the kids of succeeding generations will have their faults, simple humanity seems to be something they have in adequate supply. The stupidity of the Cavemen will be gone when there are enough voters to get rid of the...
@Shadow_Kyubi very late reply, but: 11 years since you posted this, and it sinks in a little more every day, even as "Da Drumpf" was sworn in last Friday, that it won't be one by until the dinosaurs who want to deny human rights and decency to people (for religion or whatever reason) will soon be a very small minority, and while the kids of succeeding generations will have their faults, simple humanity seems to be something they have in adequate supply. The stupidity of the Cavemen will be gone when there are enough voters to get rid of the bigot lawmakers, and, while humanity will always have its own demons to overcome, the fact that those who consider themselves above other human being because they consider their color, race, sexuality, religion are dying as I type this, in numbers that won't be replaced, makes me giddy.
I may not live to see it, but the direction in which we seem to be heading (acceptance, understanding), regardless of the glacial pace, will be realized. Songs like Smalltown Boy will be relics of a different time, not unlike Strange fruit, The Midnight Special, The Ballad of Ira Hayes, etc etc.
This song is so sad. Whats even worse is that i happens now a days. Kids runaway cause they are gay and no one would accept them. Well...most are kicked out because they are gay, but thats a different story. Very sad and powerful.
@Shadow_Kyubi very late reply, but: 11 years since you posted this, and it sinks in a little more every day, even as "Da Drumpf" was sworn in last Friday, that it won't be one by until the dinosaurs who want to deny human rights and decency to people (for religion or whatever reason) will soon be a very small minority, and while the kids of succeeding generations will have their faults, simple humanity seems to be something they have in adequate supply. The stupidity of the Cavemen will be gone when there are enough voters to get rid of the...
@Shadow_Kyubi very late reply, but: 11 years since you posted this, and it sinks in a little more every day, even as "Da Drumpf" was sworn in last Friday, that it won't be one by until the dinosaurs who want to deny human rights and decency to people (for religion or whatever reason) will soon be a very small minority, and while the kids of succeeding generations will have their faults, simple humanity seems to be something they have in adequate supply. The stupidity of the Cavemen will be gone when there are enough voters to get rid of the bigot lawmakers, and, while humanity will always have its own demons to overcome, the fact that those who consider themselves above other human being because they consider their color, race, sexuality, religion are dying as I type this, in numbers that won't be replaced, makes me giddy.
I may not live to see it, but the direction in which we seem to be heading (acceptance, understanding), regardless of the glacial pace, will be realized. Songs like Smalltown Boy will be relics of a different time, not unlike Strange fruit, The Midnight Special, The Ballad of Ira Hayes, etc etc.