Brent Godfrey | Something I Learned Today

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Brent Godfrey is an eclectic singer songwriter that collaborates with musicians from all around the world on the Kompoz.com music networking website. Brent started writing original songs in 1982 and began recording on a Fostex X-15 four track cassette, shortly thereafter. He later graduated to recording on a Tascam hard disk recorder and then to Logic Pro X. "SONGDRINK has been a great way to share songs and get feedback from peers in the local Michigan music scene." Brent also makes cigar box instruments and canjos which he uses on many of his recordings.

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Something I learned today
Black and white is always gray
Need to read between the lines
Sometimes the truth is very hard to find
Gotta keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Something I learned today

So many things I never learned in school
Ashamed that America didn’t follow the golden rule
History of genocide and race riot massacres
Left out of history books pretend it never occurred

Something I learned today
Black and white is always gray
Need to read between the lines
Sometimes the truth is very hard to find
Gotta keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Something I learned today

Information is weaponized to reflect the winner’s view
Feeding propaganda to little kids in all the schools
History is doomed to repeat itself
God’s chosen country afraid to look at itself

Something I learned today
Black and white is always gray
Need to read between the lines
Sometimes the truth is very hard to find
Gotta keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today

credits

from Sonic Polyphonic, released January 28, 2023
Music & Lyrics - Brent Godfrey - brentgodfrey.bandcamp.com
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing, Mastering - Brent Godfrey
Electric Guitar - Francois Graiouf
Bass - Murphy Murzello
Drums - Pete Midipunk

Note: The first two lines of this song were inspired by the Hüsker Dü track “Something I Learned Today” from the Zen Arcade album, as a homage to the band.

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