Through Wires and Memos (The Edward Snowden Story)

THROUGH WIRES AND MEMOS (The Edward Snowden Story) Jesse Scobie

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They taught you to spy
Then they taught you to lie
It doesn't matter when you're
Working for God's side

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They taught you to steal
Conceal what you feel
You had to stop cause
You're too nice a guy

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So where do you go?
When you can't come home
It's good to see in the news
That you are not alone

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They will try to persuade
Other countries to obey
Just don't give up and
Let them have their way

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There's only so much you can do
As a patriot caught in a political zoo
Someday, freedom will mean more than 50 stars
It's been over 2 centuries, but we still gotta go far


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Stuck in the airport in Moscow
You hear news with doubts
That you can find amnesty
Deep in the far south

Here comes the Government charges
Waiting till a force barges
Onto your plane or train
You're now a target

The blind lady justice dies
Behind federal office ties
That see every American
As possible enemy eyes

For you now to succeed
You must kill all the weeds
That formed our security into
A pyramid of greed

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There's only so much you can do
As a patriot caught in a political zoo
Someday, freedom will mean more than 50 stars
It's been over 2 centuries, but we still gotta go far

Don't shed that justice dream too soon
We must kill the elephant in the room
NSA can't keep running their play
Lies and corruption is not here to stay

All That You've Done (Has Made Me Alright)

All That You’ve Done (Made Me Alright) By Jesse Scobie Dedicated to my mother Margaret Scobie Db Fm Gb Ab Mama, it’s been so long since I held you tight Db Fm Ebm Ab I just want to tell you, I love you with all my might Gb Fm Ebm Db Mama, it’s been so many years since you first said Gb Fm Ab I’m gonna help you change the world long before I’m dead I’ve got memories of meditations, bike rides and sick days Piano lessons in the afternoon and driving to play dates You’ve given so much of your time to help this guy It’s now wonder that mothers are heroes in our eyes Chorus 1: Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F Mama singing songs and kissing me goodnight Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F C Mama you’re the best, never leave from my sight Verse 2: (same chords) You always picked me up when I was down Making me laugh, you were my favorite clown You could heal any bruise and wound I had The loyal fighter who made sure I was glad I survived high school and eventually college too It took some villages, but mama you pushed me through Now I’m sitting at home with a child of my own I only hope your wisdom and love lives in my bones Chorus 2: Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F Mama traveling with me on distant flights Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F C Mama you’re the best, never leave from my sight Piano solo and then guitar solo Chorus 3 (transposed): Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F Mama giving me love with all her might Bb Ab Eb Cm D All that you’ve done, made me alright Bb Ab Gm F C Mama you’re the best, never leave from my sight

Not Quite A Saint, In A Prison (poem)

Not Quite A Saint, In A Prison Bys Jesse Scobie It all started in the summer of ’08, I played games with Cindy at the docks Worked nights at the Home Depot Parents started noticing the stocks I wrestled with the varying thoughts Of being young , but old enough to spot The setting sun Played weekend shows in Adams Morgan Aimless joyrides, cruising down 355 I jumped at the chance to break free From dead end classes with you at MC But in the end the curses you can’t see Drove us from point A to point B Always on the run It was a time of hope and change When a black man could finally win But dead soldiers kept-a-piling on In that bloody overseas, desert of sin A coward, I could never just give in The sacrifices I took from the chin Of a boy still aching Vanessa, flew with me into the stars Voyages taken on vagabond memories Drinking to non-sense and happy sickness New Years eve evolves again to January U2 was right, nothing changes actually I’m a musician and writer secondary First, I’m just faking So you made it to the big day now With your gown, cap and useful degree Shaping your future in golden plastic bricks Fortune favors the blind, who never see Opportunity in a bottle of black tea Soaking up the frigid air, I offer my 2 cents free Long before I arrive Work is harder to find, creativity is foolish Mad Men has us falling back to elegant bullshit Drop the suit, tie and grab a Gentlemen’s Jack Because it’s either a socialist or a Mormon to sit For the next four years of jumping in the pit That burns only those who care enough to hit Before they swallow pride.

The Forever Apology (song)

The Forever Apology By Jesse Scobie


I don’t even want to see you now
All the things that happened, where and how
Maybe it’s too much
I want to start over

A picturesque scene of your family
Mom and Dad and you, it’s so traditional
No need for further questions

It took 100 years to get freedom
For the black man, and the natives only
Got some of their land back

So now it’s time to push on through
This train will never stop, till love is accepted
From every point of view

I can’t take all this pain, in the black rain
Inside a devil’s arcade

Why do you make me suffer, like no other
Living human being

I feel like Moses in the desert
Lost, trying to help my people
Find the truth of love
From God above

But some people are blind too long
Singing some old man’s song
To the grim reaper
In a deep shadowed sleep

Bigotry is the new cotton fields
Cyber hate is today’s lynchings
So we need to fight it differently
Through social change

So step inside their shoes
Just for a day, and you will pray
That this ignorance will be overcome


I can’t take all this pain, in the black rain
Inside a devil’s arcade

Why do you make me suffer, like no other
Living human being

I will become the owner of my destiny
By the power of the love invested in me
Every tormented soul will live forever, free...