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This Last Summer

from Quar and Peace by Ross Beach

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Well it’s June in Oregon. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get snow, but I’ll try to look surprised.
The way things are going, what’s gonna happen next nobody knows. Keep the horizon in your eyes.
Justice might demand chants from the folks of this town. Maybe their mayor sends his goons to beat them down.
When folks look different, they don’t want them around. Just ask the ghosts of Vanport town.
Well it’s June in Oregon. What’s gonna happen next nobody knows.

It’s July in Oregon. I wouldn’t be surprised if troops move in and we get occupied.
The way things are going, these untested freedoms are gonna be denied and you might take one in the eye.
Maybe secret police will launch a campaign of fear, roll up in a van, and have you disappeared.
And militia groups will feel emboldened to move like some sort of American Khymer Rouge.
It’s July in Oregon. What’s gonna happen next nobody knows.


It’s August in Oregon. I wouldn’t be surprised if things catch fire from that gas ball in the sky.
The way things are going, the heat index is getting rather dire. What’s gonna happen this time?
We’re not ready for smoke and we’re not ready for fire ‘cause everyone in charge in a climate denier.
The northwest rain’s not here to give it a dowse. Our leaders wouldn’t know science if it burned down their house.
It’s August in Oregon. What’s gonna happen next nobody knows.


September in Oregon. I wouldn’t be surprised. I shouldn’t be surprised. I couldn’t be surprised.
The way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised. I shouldn’t be surprised. I couldn’t be surprised.
Maybe folks in the streets will take their hope and their voice into the voting booth to make the saner choice.
Maybe all of us here will have an equal say and gentler ideals will finally win the day.
October in Oregon. What’s gonna happen next nobody knows.

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from Quar and Peace, released September 7, 2020
Music, lyrics, piano, bass, sequencing & vocal by Ross Beach

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Ross Beach Portland, Oregon

Ross Beach is a songwriter/producer living in Portland, Oregon. He's a co-founder and former director of the non-profit group PDX Pop Now!, a radio host on KXRY 107.1FM, and he was an early collaborator with the group of musicians later known as the Elephant 6 collective, including being in an early lineup of Neutral Milk Hotel. He has recorded fifteen albums of songs. ... more

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