Lyr Add: The Men Behind the Bushes (Jud Caswell)

Subject: Lyr Add: THE MEN BEHIND THE BUSHES (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Apr 07 - 09:45 PM

Jud Caswell is a young singer-songwriter based in Maine that I've enjoyed watching develop over the last 5 years or so. He's won some national songwriting awards, which is not surprising to me. He's good and getting better. Last friday evening he filled up our coffeehouse to the brim and sang some of the songs off his new CD titled BLACKBERRY TIME and I was delighted with the sharp biting lyrics of "The Men Behind The Bushes." Well, if you voted for the Bushes the last two times around, this may not be the song for you. However, for growing numbers of people this song could become an anthem:

Words and music by Jud Caswell
Recorded on BLACKBERRY TIME, © 2007 Jud Caswell, Alderdown Songs (ASCAP)

THE MEN BEHIND THE BUSHES

Do you see what I see?
Up there on the right
Smiling like a cat and sliding out of sight
They've got Reagan's Teflon
And Richard Nixon's soul
They're slippery as oil
Mean as gasoline
Black as Christmas coal
Go hopping down the money trail
You find it always leads
To the Men Behind the Bushes…
Can't you smell the greed?

They've solved the problem
Of seeming too unkind
Use Jesus as a body shield
As you rob the country blind
Keep it simple, let's focus on the war
While the riptide of arrogance and influence
Drags the living wage offshore
You can close your eyes and tell yourself
They're looking out for you
But the Men Behind the Bushes…
Know that that's not true

Look me in the eye, tell me it's all right
And what we see is what we get
Can't you see the cretin king?
Can't you see the master's strings?
Can you see the puppeteer yet?

It's a whirlpool, anyone could drown
When the paranoia sucks you in
And pulls you down
You feel the outrage fading into numb
When you realize it only makes more sense
The more cynical you become
You can close your eyes and tell yourself
There's really no one there
But the Men Behind the Bushes…
Have got me scared.

Here's a link to Jud Caswell's website: Click here for website!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 07:06 PM

Going once!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 07:10 PM

Hell of a song and a great title. Neat double entendre. If you know that guy, pass on a 'bravo' from this ol' boy. Tell him to go out, kick ass and take names.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 08:21 PM

Peace-

The lyrics are good but the presentation is even better! Try following the link to his website.

He's also under 30 in age, which I find encouraging.

He's got another great song called "Stocks" which I'll probably post on a separate thread.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 08:38 PM

Link to the song being done by the author, Jud Caswell.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 08:41 PM

SORRY. THAT didn't work. However, neat song. Good guitar work. Not bad a tall.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 10:23 PM

Peace-

You got to the right place with the link but the wrong track was loaded. However, "The Man Behind The Bushes" is right there to load next.

Geeze, my website is dead easy to navigate. You'd think these youngsters could do as good!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 10:52 PM

LOL

Good one, Charley.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 25 Apr 07 - 02:52 AM

Great subject and angle, poignant lyrics, killer arrangement (he would pronounce "cretin" as "Cretan", of course, threw me for a sec, LOL!). But listen to his other songs too. "For Sale" is also excellent, and for mood, "Blackberry time" won me over.

Thanks for the link Charley, I already asked him to become "mySpace buddies"... The man (Man? ha! the 30-year old upstart!) is very, very good.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 25 Apr 07 - 02:53 AM

...the b*****d....

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Apr 07 - 08:35 AM

George-

I'm going to pass along one of your CD's to Jud as well, but which one? Oh, the pain!

Jud's song "Stocks" has got the devil in there wheeling and dealing. It's very dark but not that far from reality. And although the song always provokes laughs, it's got that biting edge.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: Lyr Add: STOCKS (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Apr 07 - 08:51 AM

Actually, there's an MP3 of "Stocks on Jud's personal website if you go to "music" but here are the lyrics:

STOCKS

(Words and music by Jud Caswell, © 2001 Jud Caswell, Alderdown Songs (ASCAP); recorded on BETWEEN THE PAVEMENT AND THE SKY)

I am the fox, I am the artist
I am the magic man who makes things grow
You give me ten, I give you twenty
You give me water, I give you Merlot
From red to black, Ursa to Taurus
From Flinty Michigan to Mexico
Don't ask me how, that's not your business
Don't make me tell you things you should not know...

You've got your class, you've got your image
You've got your mistresses and families
You need your sleep, need your excuses
And plausible deniabilities
I know your work, I know your problems
Leave those gory details up to me.
We'll toast the market, we'll toast to profit
And when we're done we will discuss my feeÖ

I work for stocks, a gun for hire
I'll fire everyone you ought to fire
Then change the locks and call the buyer
Collect our Bouillon and we'll all retire.
Don't look so shocked, say I'm a liar
Say you're a businessman who stands for something higher.
Take your time; collect your thoughts.
Then let this opportunity out of the box:
I work for stocks.

I see my history precedes me:
There are a few of you who knew me when
I was a dabbler in guns and slavery
I turned Apartheid into pounds and yen.
Don't be naïve, don't be so preachy:
This is now, and brother, that was then.
And this is legal ('til further notice)
And we may never get this chance again.

I work for stocks...

And here's the link: Click here and search for lyrics!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Apr 07 - 08:41 PM

refresh!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Apr 07 - 11:41 PM

Charley!

That wouldn't be a song about the most noble American family who has given devoted service to: the CIA, the executive branch - three times, the Senate once, two govenorships, the executive security board for the WTC, Silverado Bank, the silver haired matriarch who said Katrina victims never had it so good, the grandpa who invested heavily in 3rd Reich industries and friends in good standing with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emerites and the bin Laden family...would it?


...............


The Bush Bros.

Way out west, in Connecticutt
came the big Bush brothers in their short brush cuts
They sell snake oil an they pump their gas but
Whenever they're Washington, Iraq's attacked fast.

If you're in, their gas station
Everything is fixed with privitiz zation
They say the lord tells'em what to do but
thier self service pump, says fuck yourself too

Chorus:
Can they fix our schools NO NO NO
Can they fix our air NO NO NO
Ya know damn well they can't fix our oceans,
The only thing they fix are wars & elections



........................................
For the rest of my song and a hundred more
You cud see my website but it ain't no more
Someone said it was inflammatory
so they went and erased it, its the same ol story.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswell)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 27 Apr 07 - 08:51 AM

Donuel-

;~)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Men Behind The Bushes (Jud Caswel
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Apr 07 - 08:56 AM

I thought this was going to be a rewrite of "The men behind the wire:"

"...everyone must look and see
The men behind the Bushes."