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BONUS TRACK: The Machines That Raise Them

from South of the Wall by Walter Ehresman

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Of this experimental piece, Ehresman says "One night I dreamed a scenario where parents more and more default the raising of their kids to various electronic devices......Ultimately, these machines become sentient and grow to love the children in their charge and fear for their future in the world the parents are destroying.....And so the machines take it upon themselves to have a special lesson with the children, to try to prepare them for what their lives will be, which causes the machines great pain.....So this is the recording that resulted from that dream."

See the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aRKoMo8Pqk

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The Machines That Raise Them
(© 2017 Walter Ehresman)

MACHINE #1:
Now children, I hope you understood our special talk this morning;
Many lessons for your future, in our special talk this morning.

In this life, you will face challenges--
it’s hard to know just what to do;
Cruel and random circumstances;
Sometimes a tidal wave of blue.

Oh children, I got no joy from our special talk this morning;
But I tried not to blow smoke in our special talk this morning.

So many people spend their time trying to get over on you;
They will say “It’s nothing personal—it’s just the business that we do.”
And if you think about it too long, you may feel you’ve got to cry;
Or worse, that you might join them and get that blank look in your eye.

Oh, children……

I have no magic formula, or answer I’ve been holding back;
No happy ending to this story, beyond the soul you keep intact.

So children, please don’t hate me for our special talk this morning;
(So many sad and bitter truths in our special talk this morning).
But there is a way to live, despite the things you learned this morning—
don’t just be part of the problem when you get up every morning.

MACHINE #2:
Find the sand to stand up strong!

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from South of the Wall, released October 31, 2018
Walter Ehresman: vocoder vocals, keyboards, finger pad percussion loop triggering, electric mandola, electric/acoustic fretless bass.

p. 2018 Walter Ehresman. Snipe Bog Records.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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