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The Obscurant

from PROGRESS by Adam Murphy

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In spite of you, in spite of you, in spite of you
And your obscurant ruse
We have moved on to better days

In spite of you, in spite of you, in spite of you
And your inhuman views
Slaves are freed, walls are down
Wars recede, diseases eased
No more trials by ordeal

In spite of you, in spite of you, in spite of you
And your feudal deeds
Some ideals have come true
Children are fed and healed
Raised up out of dying fields
By knowing people spreading growing seeds

In spite of you
And your discordant ways
Millions mingle in daily peace
Strangers passing in the street
Just getting on in concurrent ease
Can fall in love with whom they please

You can maybe fool all the fools
Even dupe yourself out of truth
But there’s no cheating nature’s rules
We can only play to improve
Or lose

In spite of you, in spite of you, in spite of you
And your twisted view
Women too get to choose
Bigots are uncool
Run the risk of being dismissed as fools
Violence is not inevitable
And poverty is not inescapable

In spite of you, in spite of you, in spite of you
We can still win
Build on the best we’ve laid
Clean up the mess we made
Pool people of ideas
To deal with what’s really real
And cope with what’s to come
Continue hope
In spite of you

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from PROGRESS, released October 12, 2020

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Adam Murphy Ireland

Adam Murphy was born and raised in Cork, Ireland, but is a long-time Galway resident after periods living and working in Europe, USA, and UK.
‘Progress’ is his ninth album of original material. Each collection has a discrete flavour and is a set of thematically linked pieces. His work has been aired regularly on RTE and other radio stations in Ireland and abroad, most recently in the Far East.
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