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Darfur, Oh Darfur

from Trepanning by Edward Morneau & Folksonomy

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I struggled with recording this song and including it on this CD. There’s no way to talk about the situation in Darfur without sounding sanctimonious. There’s no way to address genocide without realizing that in some way we all contribute to the annihilation of those without power. As we consume our way through life and contribute our share to the globalization of capital-based economies, we must know that resources, cheap labor and strategic positioning are the new territories these economies covet; and that poverty, ignorance, and indigenous populations just get in the way of unregulated economic growth. The expendability of people is the permanent shame of the human race, and neither grace nor good intentions can run away from the long shadow of civilization’s persistent indifference to the less fortunate. To scapegoat the poor and blame them for their own misery are aspects of our permanent humiliation. This song is nothing but mockery, for that is the only thing I have left to say as I hang my own head in shame.

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Darfur, Oh Darfur

Darfur, Oh Darfur ,

We kneel as they beat in your face

Which god-driven fury put you in this place?

O Darfur, we fear that you’re very near dead

Your mothers and children are there to be fed

To the lions so the Horsemen can ride with the damned—
Where’s your man?

Darfur, Oh Darfur,

The world said, “Never again,”

But look, here we are, in a black hole of sin

O Darfur, you’d think we’d learn to behave

While Raphael Lemkin sleeps in his grave

Somewhere, somehow-someone must have a new plan—
Where’s the man?

He’s over there with a knife and a gun
Lost boys just having some fun.

Darfur, Oh Darfur,

What-do-you-have that we can use?

We’ll make you an offer that you can’t refuse

O Darfur, please help me to get through the day
I can’t bear to witness, I must look away

And shrug and pray and hope for remorse
While we stay the course.

Darfur, Oh Darfur,

The secret’s not deep in your skin

The world never wanted for you to come in

O Darfur, I swear I fear that you’re cursed

You make me feel helpless

And I can’t think what’s worse

I can’t do what’s right ‘cause I can’t see what’s wrong— I
t’s all wrong.

Now I have nothing to say
You want me to just go away?

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from Trepanning, track released January 1, 2008

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Edward Morneau Salem, Massachusetts

Edward Morneau has been a musician and songwriter most of his life. His focus on multiple genres and interest on sound collage experimentation makes his music hard to classify. His muses range from Beatles, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, XTC, Kinks, Iris DeMent to Mahler, Shostakovich, Penderecki & Zappa. His background as an English & Film teacher gives humor and striking imagery to his songs. ... more

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