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God Bless Dorothy Comingore

from Tears We Should Have Shed (LP) by Walking Bombs

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I was deeply moved after reading an article about the Red Scare era HUAC horrors faced by one time silver screen Citizen Kane darling Dorothy Comingore (lareviewofbooks.org/article/destroyed-by-huac-the-dorothy-comingore-story/) and how she was wrongfully institutionalized, framed and slut shamed. Seeing as how we are in a new red scare today and the Trump era has been all about gaslighting and zealous authoritarian dogma, it seemed the perfect time to honor the life of an unbelievably strong woman in song.

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God Bless Dorothy Comingore

I hate how they did you so dirty. Framed you, slut shamed you.
Institutionalized you for daring to care about unions and desegregation.
Tell me, how is that UnAmerican?

You walked into that joke of a courtroom/told them they were playing pocket pool/drooling to destroy the lives of good people in the crosshairs...
of a Red Scare.

You were a goddess of the silver screen.
You were Susan Alexander Kane.
And sadly just like her you turned to drink and I don't think it's right what
they did to your dreams.

You walked into that joke of a courtroom/told them they were playing pocket pool/drooling to destroy the lives of good people in the crosshairs...
of a Red Scare.

I wept when I heard your story/how the weight of this world broke your back.
How you shaved your head in shame when your ex read out the names of your friends they say hated the USA/ but you were so damn strong, Dorothy.

So they took all that they could take.

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from Tears We Should Have Shed (LP), released April 23, 2021

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Solo and collaborative vehicle for musician and writer Morgan Ywain Vink-Lainas Evans (and various friends/artists they admire). Implied Greek tragedy may or may not be included.

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