BALLAD OF TARA COLE [ country-folk ] click here if song fails to play in 6 seconds        Let me tell you all a story ‘bout a girl named Tara Cole        Who slept in Riverfront Park where the Cumberland waters flow        One night two men who didn’t want the homeless comin’ ‘round        Rolled her in the muddy river and young Tara Cole drowned              American river of tears flowing from sea to once shinin’ sea              Beside your banks homeless children lie in wretched misery              Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times?              The hole in the sky and in our soul keeps on growin’              And American river of tears keeps on flowin’        Tara was a meek lowly lamb, they called her “Little Bit”        Though she tried, she often cried, she never could quite fit        In a city with little pity focused on the bottom line        Though in plain daylight she was ignored most all the time              American river of tears flowing from sea to once shinin’ sea              Beside your banks homeless children lie in wretched misery              Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times?              The hole in the sky and in our soul keeps on growin’              And American river of tears keeps on flowin’        You know, a mighty nation once united is splittin’ apart at the seams        Like a great ship without a rudder tossed in a nightmare of broken dreams              Now, we sing this song for Tara Cole that her death be not in vain              Let's pull together, help each other, be a united nation once again              Can’t we read between the lines and warnin’ signs of the times?              Our children will reap these seeds of hate we’re sowin’              And American river of tears keeps on flowin’              American river of tears keeps on flowin’ * * Based on the tragic story of Tara Cole, a homeless Nashville, Tennessee citizen who was deliberately murdered for the 'crime' of being poor.  HOMELESS STATISTICS Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Music ~ Records, 707 Ward Street, Nashville, TN 37207 or requested via eMail.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.