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Owl-eyed goddess, virgin muse
Give us your wisdom and we’ll sing for you
Up on the acropolis we’ll offer up a tune
‘Liberty Forever’ - Is it safe to assume?

It’s Athens, 431 BCE, shit’s about to hit the fan for Pericles
Hoplites are marching from the Peloponnese, war is coming east
When Sparta knocks, he says to bolt the doors
And let them have their way on the Attic floor
We’ll use our brains, they’ve only got spears
Time to rope these dopes, nothing to fear

Owl-eyed goddess virgin muse
Give us your wisdom and we’ll sing for you
Up on the acropolis we’ll offer up a tune
‘Liberty Forever’ - Is it safe to assume?

Sent word to the oracle, she was sniffing glue
Brought along the plans for her to review
The priest said he remembered those wooden walls
From back when the Persians came through (forty-nine years ago)
It’s just that this time they’re our neighbors and they’re armed to the teeth
They’re propped up by a shit storm of phony beliefs
Of course we’ve tried comedic ridicule but they’re humorless and
Afraid of immigrants, sex, women, ethnic minorities, children and Jews

Owl-eyed goddess virgin muse
Give us your wisdom and we’ll sing for you
Up on the acropolis we’ll offer up a tune
‘Liberty Forever’ - Is it safe to assume?

Well that was 431 BC, a public thing can hit the fan in the 21st century
As Orwellian headlines drop like Niagara Falls
So keep up the work you faithful few
Pray to the gods for signs of what to do
Look to Athena, Goddess of wisdom
Though she may rejoin to “go back to school”
(Come on people now, science is real)

Owl-eyed goddess virgin muse
Give us your wisdom and we’ll sing for you
Up on the acropolis we’ll offer up a tune,
‘Liberty Forever’ - Is it safe to assume?
‘Liberty Forever’ - Is it safe to assume?

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from "A Public Thing" (2022), track released February 15, 2022

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Jay Gavan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jay Gavan is a musician, songwriter and history teacher who occasionally combines all three, as he does on his latest self-produced album, "A Public Thing" (2022)

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Feb 15, 2022

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