"For the faults of the many judge not the few.  Everything on earth is of mixed character, like a mingling of sand and sugar."
Babaji, Hindu mystic

Sugar and Sand
© 2004 Jayme Kelly Curtis

I'm trying to understand this mess we're in
Sorting fact from fiction, honor from sin
There doesn't seem to be a natural plan
It's like trying to sift through sugar and sand    

You're tossing words like freedom and security
I'm digging deep for compassion and integrity
I need to know what's going on in this land
But it's like trying to sift through sugar and sand

Sugar and sand
There's no black and white
Everything gets mingled
There's no switch on the light    
All my information's coming second hand
It's like trying to sift through sugar and sand

ABC, CBS, MSNBC.com
CNN, Headline News, all the news that fit to print
Dateline, Primetime, Time Magazine
The New York Times, Washington Post, press corps, editor, editorial opinion
Sources, leaks, official release
Condition of anonymity
Interpretation, speculation, analysis in-depth
And Congress shall make no law…
NPR, PRI, all talk, all the time
Consider all things? Or Democracy Now!
Archer Daniels Fox
Time Warner
Information
Corporation
The marketplace of ideas
And the support of listeners just like you

It's hard to know what's wrong and what's right
You're telling me we got to get up and fight
My heart is aching, how much more can I stand?
It's like trying to sift through sugar and sand    

I pray for peace but my heart craves justice
Can't shake this feeling that we're standing on a precipice
It's the same for every woman and man
We're all trying to sift through sugar and sand    

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