Political & Public Service
We’re Still Neighbors Here
A real Victory Voice Media track from the Portfolio Favorites collection.
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Same streets, different yard signs Different nights, same porch light Morning wave and a “how you been?” Still feels right Kids ride past on their bikes Dogs bark as the mail rolls in We don’t see it the same way But we still can We can talk, we can listen We can breathe before we speak There’s more holding us together Than the noise would have us think We’re still neighbors here Still waving in the driveway Still living all the ordinary days Doing the best we can We can disagree and still care Still show up, still stay near When the world feels like it’s breaking We’re still neighbors here Front steps after sundown Same old weather rolling in Someone’s hurting, someone’s hoping Once again We’ve all felt the pressure To draw a harder line But it takes more work to stay human Than to be mad all the time I don’t need you to be just like me I don’t need you to be wrong I just need a little kindness To keep this going on We’re still neighbors here Still waving in the driveway Still living all the ordinary days Doing the best we can We can disagree and still care Still show up, still stay near When the world feels like it’s breaking We’re still neighbors here Hold the door Lend a hand Say the name Shake the sand When the noise is getting heavy Come back to where we stand Same sky Same ground Same town We’re still neighbors here Still waving in the driveway Still choosing all the ordinary ways To keep each other in sight We don’t have to disappear When it gets uncomfortable or unclear Right now, right down the street We’re still neighbors here Still neighbors Still here
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Why this song exists
“We’re Still Neighbors” exists because I hate what political division is doing to ordinary relationships in this country. I've been interested in politics all my life. I grew up believing that political parties were supposed to bring different ideas to the table, argue their positions, and then find enough common ground to actually govern and live together. Somewhere along the way, disagreement started turning into something much uglier. Republican. Democrat. Us. Them. Too often now, we're being encouraged to look across the street and see an enemy instead of the person who lives there. I don't accept that. You can have different signs in your yards and still wave when you pull into the driveway. You can vote differently and still invite each other to the barbecue. You can disagree about government and still help when somebody's kid is hurt, pick up a package from their porch, hold the door, check on them after a storm, or simply stop and ask how they're doing. That's why I wrote “We’re Still Neighbors.” It's part of an unfinished album I'm creating around something I believe we desperately need more of: common ground. The song isn't asking anybody to abandon their beliefs. I'm certainly not abandoning mine. It's asking us to remember that disagreement doesn't erase our humanity. Your political party doesn't determine whether you're capable of kindness. Neither does your skin color, the car you drive, the number of children you have, or the box you check when you register to vote. When the election is over, the yard signs eventually come down. And the person across the street is still there. We're still neighbors. I think we'd all be better off if we started acting like it again.
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