Kirk’s Rally Cry

{subdued

acoustic guitar picking} {low hum

of Hammond organ}

(mhmmm) {distant slide guitar} Behind the mic,

under studio glare

Speaking fast, with a confident stare

A college campus in the autumn breeze

Selling ideas with a practiced ease

Talking 'bout the freedom and the red and white

Preaching to the choir into the night

{acoustic guitar strumming gathers energy}

Charlie, Charlie, you're the talking head

With all the talking points that you've read On the frontlines of

the culture war

Searching for what we are fighting for

{full drum

kit enters with

steady beat} {pedal steel swells} A million views on a tiny screen

The biggest name on the campus scene

Debating students on a folding chair

Throwing questions in the open air While the crowd takes sides and

the cameras roll

Trading headlines for the nation's soul

{dynamics soften slightly} Charlie,

Charlie, you're the talking head

With all the talking points that you've read

On the frontlines of the culture war

Searching for what we are fighting for

{triumphant vocal harmonies} {soaring pedal steel} Just a young man

in a blue suit

Searching for

the ultimate truth

Or just a brand in the modern day

As the feedback fades away (away...) {drums drop out} {fading acoustic guitar

picking} {soft organ chord sustained to silence}