THREE BRAVE WOMEN

Singing Truth to Power

I was never much of a Dixie Chicks fan, didn't know much about them and I've never been much of a country guy, either. But this new song of there's, NOT READY TO MAKE NICE, is awesome. And when Natalie Maines sings in wonder,

"How in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over"?

Chills run down my spine. Three brave women who said what they believed and paid a price. In America. For Speaking Out.

Sad.

Backstory? When the Chicks criticized Bush on the eve of the Iraq invasion, they were threatened, threatened with their careers and threatened with their lives. But they fought back, never backed down, and now we know what heroes look like. They wear skirts and stand, sometimes, not much more than five feet tall.

Politics aside, NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is a great song. Enjoy it, as performed for David Letterman.

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting
I’m through with doubt
There’s nothing left for me to figure out
I’ve paid a price
And I’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it
I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

Re-Chorus

They say time heals everything

But I’m still waiting

Thanks, Chicks. You Rock.