22 October 2008

Video: A mother bemoans the Empire

A very timely, professionally produced video:
- worth a watch - might even make your eyes all watery...

The Face of the Next Generation




Lyrics

This is my daughter, this is the face of the next generation
She will be left to pay all of the debts of this once great nation
She won't have everything I had and more
The money's been spent on bailouts, graft and war

Oh the crises are coming at a frightening speed
The dollar's collapsing and the banks all need
Another five trillion to balance their books on the back
Of the next generation

This is my daughter, born in the land of the free
She'll never know the way this country was meant to be
One place in the world where your life belonged to you
Not a king, not a pope, not the state did you need kneel down to

Oh the crises are coming at a frightening speed
The dollar's collapsing and the banks all need
Another five trillion to balance their books on the back
Of the next generation

Our country's dying from this fascist cancer
More regulation is their only answer
But freedom from Washington's the only chance for the next generation

The constitution was the one thing due me
McCain and Obama are you listening to me
A slave of the state is the way you view me
And the next generation

This is my daughter, this is the face of the next generation


CREDITS: The Face of the Next Generation

Executive Producer- Keith Baxter
Producer - Claire Morrissey
Director / Editor - Michelle Lynskey
Director of Photography- Jeff Fry
Additional Director of Photography - Patrice Cochet
Sound / Music Editor - Kevin Crehan
SONG - written and produced by Keith Baxter
- recording engineer Tony Brock
CAST -
Mom - Claire Morrissey
Daughter - Liana Morrissey
Boy Moving Away - Declan Crehan
Brothers - Liam Crehan
- Nathan Morrissey
Special Thanks - Jim Ryan / Tim Johnson / Jennifer Cardon