I was Raised to Love My Neighbor.
I’ve written a song that’s so simple it feels like it already should have existed. But here it is, not fancy, not produced, more suited for singing in the streets than on an album. It’s outraged. It’s clear. It’s motivated by love.
This song is being released directly into the public domain, so my purpose here is to share it, not to sell it. This is what it sounds like, just a little unmastered demo:
You can find the score for the very simple harmonies right here. You can also write your own, because this song is free to use, free to record, even free to sell. It’s in the public domain.
I got to perform this song with my friends Cate Ross and Kelsey Riker at the Alaska Folk Festival (just as my voice was starting to crackle and short out completely from a long week of singing). It brought out the passion in all of us, and it struck a chord with the audience, who were singing along by the end.
The world is very complicated, but some things are simple. I was raised to love my neighbor. I hope you were too.
