Song for Day 72 - "Joy Will Find A Way" by Bruce Cockburn

Songwriter Bruce Cockburn.

Day 72 - "Joy Will Find A Way" by Bruce Cockburn

      "Joy Will Find a Way" captures the paradoxical "New Orleans" spirit of this series:  optimistically funereal.  It is the second in a three-part series of Cockburn creations concerning our current predicament...and how we might hope to recover.

Lyrics:

Make me a bed of fond memories
Make me to lie down with a smile
Everything that rises afterward falls
But all that dies has first to live.
As longing becomes love
As night turns to day
Everything changes
Joy will find a way

     Speaking of optimism under bleak circumstances, let's ponder America's future.  Of course, with 2018 looming we should be talking about Congress and the states but let’s consider a more conventional tack.  With our General Manager (Tom Perez) and Head Coach (Keith Ellison) in place the successful franchise turns to its next quarterback.

      We have many worthy candidates who could win, especially with RepTealians setting the bar so low an arthritic centipede could clear it in street shoes, but why go with anyone less than our best?  Above the competence and integrity we expect from all Democratic candidates, let's say the ideal nominee would exhibit these characteristics:

1. Universal recognition;
2. no baggage;
3. professional grade speaking skills; and,
4. passion/strength.

     The first two are almost mutually exclusive.  How can someone in the political arena be a household name and iconic figure without having attracted millions of enemies?  Where can one develop and demonstrate rhetorical skills outside of politics and law?  How does one balance passion and strength without seeming flighty or threatening?  Who would score highest in trust, favorability and recognition among centrists and  left-leaners?  Who is the next Barack Obama?  Who has the dignity, equanimity, grace and humor to unite the Democratic Party as it has never been before? 

     Need any more hints?

     Guesses?

Links:

Resistance Song for Day 71 - "Fascist Architecture" by Bruce Cockburn

Resistance Song for Day 72 - "Joy Will Find A Way" by Bruce Cockburn