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John Stewart was involved in a related but separate issue when he hoped to display a painting of Mother Teresa in a show put on by an art institute. The sponsor asked him to withdraw his painting rather than provoke a reaction on religious and ethical grounds. Stewart was bitterly disappointed that "the powers that be" wouldn't permit him to honor the nun strictly for her humanitarian contributions. "Politic correctness" won out over authorial intent, leaving the songwriter bitter.
It's a powerful song, though not much of a video.
Lyrics:
Teresa fell without a whimper
Higher artists make no sound
In the Omega Hills of the New Awareness
They made me take The Mother down
They were only pictures of the promise
A higher soul never rests
Who serves the poorest of the poor
She is the best of all the best
She had no place among the drummers
Amidst the stream of eager hearts
I'm just glad it's not the second coming
Paint on canvas was not art
Teresa fell without a whimper
Higher artists make no sound
In the Omega Hills of the New Awareness
They made me take The Mother down
They made me take The Mother down
In the scheme of things, it doesn't matter
Crying children, there's a sound
Hungry people in Culcutta
Would never take The Mother down
Teresa fell without a whimper
Higher artists make no sound
In the Omega Hills of the New Awareness
They made me take The Mother down
They made me take The Mother down
Teresa fell without a whimper
Higher artists make no sound
In the Omega Hills of the New Awareness
They made me take The Mother down
They made me take The Mother down
They made me take The Mother down
They made me take The Mother down
On an unrelated musical note, "Looking Back, Johanna" from the same album is hauntingly gorgeous.
Links:
Day 1 (The Inauguration) - "Hands" - Jewel
Day 2 (The Million Woman March) - "Testimony" by Ferron, sung by Marcelle Davies Lashley
Day 3 - "Ruins" - by Cat Stevens
Day 4 - "Eve of Destruction" (1964) - by P. F. Sloan performed by Barry McGuire
Day 5 - "Hypersensive Jester" - by Denny Guy
Day 6 - "Teresa" - by John Stewart
Day 7 - "Black Boys on Mopeds" by Sinéad O'Connor
Day 8 - "Burn, Baby, Burn" - by Bruce Cockburn
Day 9 - "Black Day in July" - by Gordon Lightfoot
Day 10 - "Democracy is Coming" - Leonard Cohen
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