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Something Wicked

from Alone . . . With Friends by Cat Greenberg

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One of 7 songs on this album which were originally written for a convention songwriting contest, this was for the 2017 Ohio Valley Filk Festival (OVFF) "Something Wicked This Way Comes". It was sparked by feelings I experienced when I was sent a Facebook event notice about my 39th high school reunion. The feelings were not warm and fuzzy. For anyone who has ever been bullied.

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"Something wicked this way comes," they called pointing at me,
And I tried to keep the tears at bay from their taunting cruelty.
My hair, my skin, my walk, my clothes, there was naught of worth to them.
They hardly knew my name, yet I was already condemned.

High school can be hard when you're the target of disdain,
By bullies whose self worth is measured by another's pain.
The ugly names they called me, I was cursed, I was reviled.
But the day they called me witch they never realized I smiled.

Revenge was not the answer, it was justice that I sought,
Punishment to fit the crime and a lesson to be taught.
A mirror, morning glories and the moonlight spell I sing;
For one day each barb delivered it is they who'll feel the sting.

I hear quiet weeping, my tormentors are subdued,
And I stop to offer comfort, though it scares me to intrude.
So we talked and got to know the souls hiding there unknown.
Enemy was turned to empathy with seeds of friendship sown.

Something wicked this way came but it wasn't what they thought,
It was fear breeding intolerance, judgements made by default,
Or hurting someone else 'cause you're afraid they might hurt you.
But compassion, caring, kindness, are what will see us through.
For hearts and minds are changed when we walk in another's shoes.

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from Alone . . . With Friends, released September 1, 2020
Lyrics & Music by Sandra Greenberg Arr. by Cathy McManamon
©2017 Mountain Cat Media LLC

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Cat Greenberg St. Louis, Missouri

Cat Greenberg is a writer and singer/songwriter from the St. Louis, MO area where she lives with cats, a dog and her youngest child, Aidan. Alone, With Friends is her first solo album. Her 2 previous albums are: Romancing the Filk, with her late husband, Bari, and Accidental Filk Band, with their band The Unusual Suspects. Cat also works with Canticles Productions (www.canticlesproductions.com) ... more

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