https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:25:43 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387420 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:14:23 +0000
Thanks for posting this. Very nice.

Looking forward to more.

Peace]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387420 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387419 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:51:01 +0000 http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13500439]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387419 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387405 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:13:28 +0000
I've got another week to put something together.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387405 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387402 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:51:36 +0000
My friends and my neighbors are under attack
Muslims, migrants, white and black
Marginalized and oppressed
With threats to detain, deport or arrest

They’ve been bullied, beaten, berated and robbed
They’ve been chased, surrounded and attacked by a mob
For the way that they dress or the way that they pray
Please join in the High School Safety Pin Parade

Chorus
We’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
We’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me

We’re all different yet strangely the same
We all get wet when we’re caught in the rain
In any weather, we’re stronger together
We are marching in freedoms name

Chorus
We’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
We’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me

We’re all different yet strangely the same
We all get wet when we’re caught in the rain
In any weather, we’re stronger together
We are marching in freedoms name]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387402 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387401 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:26:13 +0000  
For the purposes of an anthem that I will use at open mics, I'll replace the line with something that won't need explanation. I have been debating "I" vs "We" and "Us" vs "Them" in terms of perspective. I'm not sure if the final draft will be in the first person, second or third.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387401 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387400 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 20:38:11 +0000  
My friends and my neighbors are under attack
Muslims, Mexicans, the poor, white and black
They are marginalized and oppressed
With threats to detain, deport and arrest

They’ve been bullied, beaten, berated and robbed
They’ve been chased, surrounded and attacked by a mob
For the way that they dress or the way that they pray
Please join in the High School Safety Pin Parade

Chorus
We’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
We’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me

Bridge
We’re all different yet strangely the same
We all get wet when we get caught in the rain
In any weather, we’re stronger together
We are marching in freedoms name

We’ve been bullied, beaten, berated and robbed
We’ve been chased, surrounded and attacked by a mob
For the way that we dress or the way that we pray
Please join in the High School Safety Pin Parade

Chorus
We’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
We’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387400 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387399 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:54:31 +0000
I go to dances and stand by the wall
I see the girl that I like out in the hall
I would ask her out but I think she has a guy
Anyways, I’m too shy

The bullies rob me and call me a nerd
I used to like it but now I hate that word
I’m just awkward, ashamed and afraid
I’m going to march in the High School Safety Pin Parade

Chorus
I’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
I’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me

Bridge
We’re all different yet strangely the same
We all get wet when we get caught in the rain
In any weather, we’re stronger together
We are marching in freedoms name

Chorus
I’ll march with Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
I’ll march with the gay, straight and lesbian
We’ll march in solidarity
I’ll march for them and they’ll march for me]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387399 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387398 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 03:39:27 +0000
I march for Mohammed, Rashaunda and Juan
I March for the gay straight and lesbian
We are marching in solidarity
I'm marching for them and the're marching for me


I'll think about this overnight]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387398 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387397 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 03:31:14 +0000
Sorry, but I won't be doing the multiple voices. Just the voice of one marginalized soul in the march.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387397 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387396 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 03:14:54 +0000
I think you can sing everyone in one voice. After all, no one faults John Prine for singing "I am an old woman" in "Angel from Montgomery."

Peace]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/high-school-safety-pin-parade/#post-387396