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Tom O'BrienLove Your Enemies Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana

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A radical message in a reggae-influenced style.

Music/Lyrics/Singing/Playing/Arranging/Recording: Tom O'Brien

This is NOT a religious song. But I think the radical idea of loving your enemies is a teaching that everyone seemed to conveniently ignore. It's the ultime love.

Love your enemies
Then you won't have any

How radical the idea was
2000 years ago
A wise man said these words of love
We sure could use them now
We learn by example
But nobody's teaching
It sure sounded simple
When Jesus was preaching

Love your enemies
Then you won't have any

It's no big thing to love someone
Who loves you just the same
But loving those who do you wrong's
A different kind of game

I will not begrudge you
A life of relative ease
I'm not here to judge you
But listen to me, please

Love your enemies
Then you won't have any

I cannot make you love someone
You'd rather just ignore
But love can breed a higher love
That offers so much more

I don't believe in
The judgment day
I just believe love
Is the only way
The world is waiting
For you to see
There is no difference
Between you and me

So, love your enemies
Then you won't have any
Love your enemies
Then you won't have any x

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It's all about the love... of music, of art, of writing, of sharing. It's what we're here for. I've been a solo artist for much of my life, but it's other people that make life worth living. Just needing to share what I've been given. Along with my solo work, there are also some tunes I did with The Tao Tones, which was me, Bob Elliott and Matt Perez, and with The Trouts which was me, Brad McCrea, Sean O'Malley and Jay Quibodeaux.