“The American Idolization of Song”
Song-writer: Ben Grosscup © 2018

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Lyrics:

In America and now in many countries
on this Earth
Judges issue televised decrees
On what a song is worth
Contestants seek fame; producers seek ratings
But no one sings along
That’s the creed of the American Idolization of song

Were you waiting for the Queen and King
Of song to be crowned?
Were you sedated or too cool to sing
When the chorus came around?
Has a strange idolatry placed a strain
On our voices to train them to cower
‘Cuz when we sing with purpose together
The idols lose their power

Something in the music
Has gone so very wrong
Turn away, Turn away, Turn away-ay-ay
Turn away from the American Idolization of song

Rejoice at the sound of a person singing
If you feel the inspiration
That voice really wants the open heart you’re bringing
Not your adulation
Look behind the glamor of the contest scheme
There’s a regime that sets the judging panel
Its narrow vision and commercial interests
Fill almost every channel

Something in the culture
Has gone so very wrong
Turn away, Turn away, Turn away-ay-ay
Turn away from the American Idolization of song

BRIDGE
A song is filling up the public square
Tyrants beware this force multiplier
For song can help to change the course of history
By lifting a million voices higher

Something in our voices
Says we can all be strong
Turn away, Turn away, Turn away-ay-ay
Turn away from the American Idolization of song

How long had people sung words of meaning
Before they had TV?
When they sang songs, do you think they were dreaming
About how famous they could be?
Every language, generation, and style
It’s worthwhile to sing with feeling
For song links us to the essence
Of what makes us human beings

I hear harmony and beauty
In that world where I belong
That turned away, turned away, turned away-AY-ay
Turned away from the American Idolization of song

My soul is achin’
From the American
Idolization
That we’re livin’ in
Now help bring about its negation . . . (And turn!)

Turn away, Turn away, Turn away-ay-ay
Turn away from the American Idolization of song

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