WHERE WOULD WE BE? [ country, Americana ] Click Here for Free Song Download      Well, that rope still hangs where an old tire once swung out in the yard      Surrounded by empty fields where daddy struggled long and hard      Boarded up windows hide where mama worked her fingers to the bone      And for me this long treasured place will always be home            Must be a reason why there's so many songs about back home            Why our minds drift back to simple times when we're down and all alone            Why our hearts reach for memories of loving security            Where would we be, oh where would we be, without family?      Today, with space technology we can see our world all lit up at night      With millions of families squeezed beneath a billion bright city lights      Where we spend long days far apart and evenings glued to computer screens      As home sweet home fades with our hopes and dreams            Must be a reason why there's so many songs about back home            Why our minds drift back to simple times when we're down and all alone            Why our hearts reach for memories of loving security            Where would we be, oh where would we be, without family?      There must be a reason why we call God in heaven our father      And why the way to honor him is to spread around some love for each other            Yeah, must be a reason why there's so many songs about back home            Why our minds drifts back to simple times when we're down an' all alone            And through each uncertain page of human history            Where would we be, oh where would we be, without family?            Where would we be, oh where would we be, without family?            Oh, where would we be? * * Not everyone has a good or even partially good family background and of course, some people suffer severe abuse at home and some are orphans.  Nevertheless, The vast majority of historians and sociologists agree that without the family as a basic component of human societies, human civilization as we know it could not exist.  Children in our modern large nation societies need a place that is psychologically, emotionally and physically "safe" from the general community and greater society at large.  There is a very good reason why the Bible is such a family oriented record from beginning to end; to tear down the family is to oppose one's own society and own flesh and blood. Governments Reaffirm Critical Importance of Family to Society.             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 publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.