MY GIFT

This is an unusual studio cut of The Kinks.  First 2:10 is them pretending to be in Las Vegas.

After that is one of my favorite Kinks songs - Uncle Son.  It's a tribute to the Davies brother's favorite uncle.

It sums up the way I see the world as well.

Uncle Son

Written by: Ray Davies  

He was just a workin' man,
Simple rules and simple plans,
Fancy words he didn't understand,
He loved with his heart,
He worked with his hands.

Liberals dream of equal rights,
Conservatives live in a world gone by,
Socialists preach of a promised land,
But old Uncle Son was an ordinary man.

Bless you Uncle Son,
They won't forget you when the revolution comes.

Unionists tell you when to strike,
Generals tell you when to fight,
Preachers teach you wrong from right,
They'll feed you when you're born,
And use you all your life.

Bless you Uncle Son,
They won't forget you when the revolution comes.