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Bill Vernon

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Big Brother
Big Brotherig Brother

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When I wrote these lyrics, I was hen I wrote these lyrics, I was
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living in the French Quarter in ving in the French Quarter in
New Orleans. The police were ew Orleans. The police were
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tough then, especially on long ough then, especially on long
haired freaky looking people aired freaky looking people
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,which I qualified for then, and hich I qualified for then, and
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still do, except my hair is white till do, except my hair is white
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now. Shakedowns were an ow. Shakedowns were an
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everyday occurrence and I was veryday occurrence and I was
kinda fed up. inda fed up.
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Then I saw a rerun of the movie en I saw a rerun of the movie
1984, and it seemed to be the way nd it seemed to be the way
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the way the world was heading. he way the world was heading.
Punk Rock was going strong k Rock was going strong
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during these years, and so I put uring these years, and so I put
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down these words to vent some of wn these words to vent some of
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my frustrations.y frustrations.

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I’ve been playing music for most ’ve been playing music for most
of my life. Clarinet, then drums f my life. Clarinet, then drums
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then guitar, followed by music hen guitar, followed by music
theory which started me on heory which started me on
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writing. I wrote my first song riting. I wrote my first song
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when I was about 12 years old, hen I was about 12 years old,
and received lots of nd received lots of
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encouragement so I just kept couragement so I just kept
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going at it. oing at it.

My early stuff was mostly blues, y early stuff was mostly blues,
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but then I got into rock and jazz ut then I got into rock and jazz
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and classical. I even tried gospel nd classical. I even tried gospel
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and country for a spell.nd country for a spell.

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