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29 palms

from help wanted by Teddy Quinn

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why are all the wives & the kids alone
i see them shopping at the mall
where are their husbands
so strong and tall
do they wonder when their daddy's
coming home?
what are all those helicopters for?
i feel them overhead
when i'm lying in my bed.
it must be that they're flying
off to war.
why are all the wives looking so sad?
she was just a child herself
with a child beneath her belt
now she's stuck without
the only friend she had.
what are all those helicopters for?
they rattle my house
when they're just flying across
i wonder what they do away
at war.
why are all those women widows tonight?
how do they tell their young children
daddy's never coming home again.
somehow just doesn't seem right
where are all those helicopters now?
how much do they cost?
are they worth more than they lost?
how does anyone ever win
a war anyhow?

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from help wanted, released June 20, 2003

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Teddy Quinn Joshua Tree, California

Ted aka Teddy Quinn, a singer, songwriter, artist, activist, journalist in Joshua Tree, California, helped foster the burgeoning Hi Desert Music community at places like Beatnik Cafe, Joshua Tree Saloon, Pappy & Harriets, Radio Free Joshua Tree & Rancho de la Luna, since the early 90s, helping to define the sound associated with this Bohemian outpost in the Mojave. TBA: An autobiodocart film! ... more

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