Name: Meet Me in the Middle
Duration: P00H04M17S
Description: Pete Seeger said it best: “It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.”

Meet Me in the Middle

by Mike Kaufman

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Pete Seeger said it best: “It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.”

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Verse 1
We're not represented by our friends up in DC.
The people in our statehouse don't behave like you and me.
They're busy being pulled by strings of a partisan divide,
We are being pushed to choose and somehow pick a side.

We're not represented or the things that we believe.
Instead they spin a message we're expected to receive
without thinking of the consequence a vote for them might bring;
A choice is being made for us and we can't change a thing.

Chorus
Meet me in the middle, that's where I want to live.
Meet me in the middle, 'cause we've all got more to give.
Meet me in the middle, it makes me want to cry.
It takes both right and left wings to make this eagle fly.

Verse 2
Sammy drives a pickup with a flag for 45.
Danny drives a hybrid with a sticker on the back that says, "keep hope alive."
Last Tuesday about sundown they each drove up to the bar.
Saw each other in the parking lot, and spied each other's car.

Sammy said to Danny, "Man what are you doing here?"
Danny said, "I'm here for the music. Let's go have a beer."
They walked in together, they weren't holding hands.
They sat and talked and laughed and joked and listened to the band.

Chorus

Verse 3
We mostly want the same things as far as I can see.
We want to keep our families safe, we all want to be free
to do the work we know we need to do, and then get paid.
We're really not so different, no matter what the pundits say.

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released June 7, 2023

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Mike Kaufman Charleston, South Carolina

Born to a musical family a LONG time ago, the oldest of three brothers all of whom continue to pursue music. Mike has played in concert halls, churches, taverns, backyards, front porches and living rooms.

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