More Dave Carter

Back to Dave Carter.

He was a seeker, a gentle soul but someone who had no time for those wounded by ancient accumulated dogma first collected to encumber and control, not enlighten.

Yet in the gentlest of manners, he eviscerated the mindset in certain of his songs.

Such as:

From "Happytown" -

shootin fools and starry gazers, wizard hip and button-down
i walk the occam's razor way through priests and circus clowns

From "Mother, I Climbed" -

when they called my faults against the wall i took my place in line
and put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind
but their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs

The standard approach is to rip and lambaste loudly, spitting fire. Dave Carter did it in his own way, just as effectively.