System Failure
By: James Konopasek
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Description
An original song by James Konopasek (Copyright, 2011) inspired by Laurence Gonzales' book entitled, "Deep Survival: Who lives, who dies and why?" The song contains references to the space shuttle disasters, 9-11 terrorist attacks, mountain climbing accidents, shortcomings of the criminal justice and health care systems -- and people dying much too young.
Lyrics
“System Failure” Original Song by James E. Konopasek Copyright, 2011 Spaceships explode on liftoff, and upon reentry Skyscrapers melt to the ground, in our largest city Too many young soldiers fall, in a foreign place While mountain climbers meet their maker, in a snow cave In a perfect world children don’t cry In perfect world good folks don’t die In a perfect world, on good plans we rely That’s what I always say sir – But in my world all I see, is system failure Police men and women are killed in the line of duty Victims receive little justice, from judge or jury An innocent man on death row, is held by the state While too many guilty go free – never meet their fate In a perfect world children don’t cry In a perfect world the innocent don’t die And in a perfect world people don’t lie That’s what I always say sir – But in my world all I see is system failure Millions of people ‘round the world, live abject poverty While too many here at home, don’t have their health or prosperity Despite modern medicine my mom died much too young that day And for years my dad -- he cried – that he never planned his life that way In a perfect world children don’t cry In a perfect world young mothers don’t die In a perfect world on true love we rely That’s what I always say to her – But in my world all I see is system failure And in a perfect world mothers don’t cry In a perfect world children don’t die In a perfect world on true love we rely That’s what I always say to her – But in my world all that I see, is system failure.
