{"id":16559,"date":"2016-04-23T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=16559"},"modified":"2016-05-13T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:32:24","slug":"gay-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2016\/04\/23\/gay-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LYRICS<br \/>\nWouldn&#8217;t ya say we resemble<br \/>\nHow to peacefully assemble<br \/>\nWriting songs about freedom<br \/>\nRedress of grievances from the free dumb<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<br \/>\nI had to tell the Po-po No! No!<br \/>\nYa know, he didn&#8217;t know<br \/>\nGay Church&#8230; Church and Gay<br \/>\nBring your guitar and learn how to play<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you should dot your i&#8217;s and maybe cross your t&#8217;s<br \/>\nBefore you confront me<br \/>\nPlease don&#8217;t tread on me<\/p>\n<p>Just because you&#8217;re walled-in<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t mean we gotta stop talkin&#8217;<br \/>\nWhile your face is turning green<br \/>\nThe writing on the wall will be seen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/videos\/Gay-Church-American-Band.mp4\">Gay Church (An American Band).mp4<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/DR0000_3130-Gay-Church-Extended.mp3\"> Gay Church Extended.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/DR0000_3131-Gay-Church-Alternative.mp3\"> Gay Church Alternative.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/DR0000_3132-Gay-Church.mp3\"> Gay Church.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/DR0000_3133-Gay-Church-Reprise.mp3\"> Gay Church Reprise.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nThis song is about a band of street musicians that play at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in West Chester, PA. It is a protest song about the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16559 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2016\/04\/23\/gay-church\/vid00105\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VID00105-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2016\/04\/23\/gay-church\/vid00103\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VID00103-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2016\/04\/23\/gay-church\/vid00104\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VID00104-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Style: ExperiMental Music<br \/>\nChords: G C \/ A C<br \/>\nRecording: digital 1-track stereo \/ recorded live<\/p>\n<p>Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <a href=\"http:\/\/camelot.kingarthur.com\/Daniel-Brouse\/You-Are-On\/\"><strong><em>You Are On<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Daniel Brouse &amp; Brian Goslin<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LYRICS Wouldn&#8217;t ya say we resemble How to peacefully assemble Writing songs about freedom Redress of grievances from the free dumb Chorus I had to tell the Po-po No! No! 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