John Prine - That's How Every Empire Falls Lyrics

The greed and over speculation of the 20s lead to the depression. And the artist & song writers voices united to show us the way. The words of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger echoed into the conscience of a nation. Then again in the 60s/70s The Beatles, Dylon, and Utah Phillips seemed to be the leaders of an new age of enlightenment, but drugs and lack of real compassion, lead us downward again. So now we add John Prine and many more and listen to them all on youtube, Is it a spiritual awakening? I don't know, depends on how much we respect & desire the truth, It's got to be more than money.

"If no one asks...and no one answers, that's how every Empire falls" John Prine

John Prine's music is wonderful, first hear of this, it's very nice indeed, it reminds me of a soft track from Dire Straits.

Empires fall from people voting themselves a check from the public treasury and taking on more territory than they can afford to defend.

Jan. 2020. Just hearing this song for the first time. Brilliant as usual from him. Greetings from Halifax, Canada.

This song was written by R.B. Morris of Knoxville, TN, who frequently opens for Prine

Prophetic for all the ages.

ojh he is grounded, can't leave the house, that is wy the music is so f; sincere and beautiful;;;BTW I AM Belgian anyhow nice to disccover this guy.

Such a great song. I'll be sharing this.

Very appropriate to today's America. When a nation hardens its heart, it loses its heart.

A haunting song, thanks for posting.

John Boyo

Beautiful .. breath taking and so terrifyingly true ..the human animal is so disappointing

What a special artist. Sigh.

Song written by RB Morris ~

*new anthem for the Divided States of America*

Horribly weak melody line. Tiresome, repetitive, evokes 0 emotion ! Jesus John !

PRINE TIME ...LISTENING !

You all know this is a cover by JP, he didnt write this tune...

This is how we all knew it would play out.

End the Fed

This is for all of John's fans who can't or don't bother to read. Singer-songwriter R.B.Morris performing his own song.
https://youtu.be/k7vElHMGvjw

The greatest Song writer of our times

Sure got a way with words. Word's

This song is on the money....this country and many countries around the world have lost their spiritual base..Forsaking all his better angels
...That's how every empire falls...

Greetings from THE BRIDE OF JESUS CHRIST 🌟✝️✨
We are all sick to DEATH of this world, no better does it get so now God is taking over. A better humanity we have got, enough for a new world
Love and Light shines so very bright 💖🙏🔥
Cheers 🤳
Bee 🕊️🌈🐝🇨🇦

Actually the world does get better. By every marker, individual humans all round the world, compared to say 100 years ago, are likely to be more healthy, have a better standard of living, live longer and be happier. As the population is about 7 times what it was then, that's quite remarkable. We do, on balance, have a better humanity, kinder, socially aware, less racist and sexist, although I would argue that it is in spite of, not because of, belief in God. Anyway, great song this, not least for Jason's lovely guitar. Cheers!

146 idiots.

Prime Prine 😁

Your music has put a big stupid grin on my face and laughing out loud. made me cry hot tears. now you've scared me shitless because it scares me that you see it coming and our leaders don't. God bless.

If only all music could be this beautifully poignant, meaningful and informative

"Now they impeach a president
Just because their girl lost.
Reporters go along with it
That's how every empire falls."

Extortion is extortion, by any other name. When the president is above the law, that's how every empire falls.

@Asymyth No extortion charges were brought. "Abuse of power" and "obstruction of Congress," = we don't like you.

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A great philosopher as well as singer.

When you forsake human kindness, that's how every empire falls

The most prophetic song for the days that are upon us.... thank you John Prine.

John Prine had the vision to make songs that will stay with us forever. Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings all round. 👍

The greatest one. What a great writer Love the man. God bless

We're falling John, we're falling. Thank God we've still got you.

December 2019. Peace to all x

We'll be Okay. Even as Dirty, Mean and Greedy As humans are, Some are still truly humble. I meet or see some every day. I just have to get out of self will and,...stop,.... look around, and you, you'll see them too. 🌅✌

Husia Cat Jan 7-8, 2020
How the hell did we get here
again ?

@Jacquelynn Booth I don't know, well I do but I'd be censored !!

Whatever happens, best wishes to you and yours x

Change brought about by madness, what could possibly go wrong?

so wonderful John....feels like i know ya and i think there's the deal...we share across continents and times the voice of the heart,something irreducible...good luck with your health if you're still kicking xxx

Serveral channels that carry John prime songs and video, use 666 in their name and occult symbols in their logos. Why ? Why do the occult and witches love John prine?

R B Morris wrote this. His version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7vElHMGvjw
Worth a listen I think.

I used to sleep at the foot of old glory, and wake in the dawn's early light.... but much to my surprise, when I opened my eyes... I was a victim of the great compromise...

Genius thunder

Avui 11 de novembre de 2019 ha tornat a bufar un fort vent a Madrid i s'ha emportat un altre imperi, bon vent i barca nova, Albert. Ja era hora !!

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a great artist, down to earth and to the point.

untouchable in my book

Written by my friend, RB Morris.

I just love Johns music

I actually first saw John at the Good Times of Old Time Music at Illinois State University in 1970. He was billed as the singing mailman. He was great then and still great today. Now we share Gulfport, Fl though I have not run into him his music still touches me.

Makes me wanna give a postman a guitar,, thank God he didn't listen to his dad.

I love John Prine!

https://youtu.be/g9JZqgMtAeA

Given the subject matter of this song I was more than a little surprised to see the uploader's handle is 666 Binky !

the first cords,,set the stage,,,then the words tell a story,,,,,,"hes a man who lives among us, quite as the water on the cold hard street,,but if he stays silent watching injustice,,time will nail down his timid,,, two. feet,,,,,

Some of the most lovely guitar sounds I've ever heard.

Yes to that.....it's interesting how this little song reflects the now! Such a songwriter and don't forget........poet!

Blessed craft in a true heart.

Sublime

We have fallen, to ourselves.......making a takeover,,, inevitable, and a forgone conclusion,,,

I love the way this tune starts,,,boom boom boom boom,,,,,,,,,,,,,"A since of learning, is all I remember of the past,,," where were you, where was I,,,when they nailed us to the wall..

JOHN PRINE. THE LEGEND WITH YET ANOTHER GEM. HIS BEST I THINK!

That is exactly how every empire falls

indeed, truth is easy to acept, but carries with it a heavy burden.

I can taste what it would feel like to see this song performed on an Iowan evening, the sun has just passed over the horizon... the smell of beer, homogenized laughter and voices around me, as I take a drag of my cigarette and watch the american flag to the left of stage dance in the soft wind. just made myself tear up, visualizing this. What a beautiful song. How lucky we are to be alive, friends.

WOW ADAM, YOU DESCRIBED MY EVENING AT A JP CONCERT IN THE MID 90S, IN ONTARIO, CANADA. A WILD AND CRAZY BUT YET BEAUTIFUL EVENING . SEEING AND HEARING JOHN LIVE ALMOST LIKE BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF.... I WON'T SAY GOD, BUT IT WAS AWESOME!

@Ken Is Free thats beautiful, friend :) wish i could have lived my description as well!

@Ken Is Free omg! Just saw TODAY that JP will be in Seattle next month! GOTTA BE GOING TO THAT MY FRIEND!

If no one asks no one answers...

indeed, truth is easy to acept, but carries with it a heavy burden.

Ozymandias

@Ken Is Free The poems (sonnets) by Shelley and Smith - Read here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias

Ever song you can listen to.....but only the great ones talk to you.

YES! Good 1! John has many.

And God said let there be music and there was John prine! God bless you!

HAHA, LOVE IT!

Love you Mr. Prine!!! Man I'm listening all day long!

ME TOO. EVERY NIGHT AT WORK FOR AN HOUR!

This was written by the great Knoxville musician, RB Morris

IS THAT TRUE?

OK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7vElHMGvjw THANKS, WILL CHECK HIM OUT

Every empire has fallen,,,Mine will be counted.......No exception...........

What? I ask to the poster with 3 first names!

Well, I'm not Pearl, but it seems like the things Prine wrote and sang about as a typical leftist is being acted on by the guy in office now...starting with The Great Compromise...atleast one man is standing his ground..the more things change, the more we need to circle back around to the norm of these days

hmmm, WHAT???

*"if no one asks then no one answers"*

🥋 Osu

#KanzakiMasahiro

well i am almost 50 and i feel the same way

IM NEAR 60, AND I AGREE

We do not cease to be while there is John Prine...I`m running towards a love I have just found I took 62 years to find him.....he loves the John Prine ruth heard from Australia

A man of men !! A man of women !! Just a man !!!!!!!!!! But what a Man !!!!!!!!!!!! A Man of music a Man of imagination a Man that


has not had true recognition that's our John !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but still just a Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Listen and enjoy cos enjoy ya will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


As we all have !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep trucking John and don't let the other Bastards get ya down cos they will try that's for sure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Keep that guitar in your hands and keep throwing them notes out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT'S FOR SURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


From all in the U.K.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But mostly WALES where we appreciate a good voice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME COMMENT!!! JOHNS MUSIC KNOWS NO BOUDARIES, BECAUSE IT REACHES HEARTS AND MINDS EVERYWHERE

There’s only one Prine.

every empire will fall

A masterpiece by the great songwriter, RB Morris.

YES, TY. GREATNESS ACKNOWLEDGES GREATNESS.

Love this RB Morris tune

Empaths love John Prine. Our salvation. Our collective voice really.

🥰 so true x

i know what u r say'in;<)

Is that why it hurts sometimes?

@85Funkadelic Yes, it's all those damned "souvenirs"

Memories they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years
To get those souvenirs
And I don't know how they slipped away from me

Shut you eyes and listhen .. As I would say as a kid with a lisp.. :)

I envy those of you who can understand the words. Similar to face blindness, I surely have a condition with otherwise fine hearing. Some of you can pick out voices in a crowded bar, not me, it's all a blur.

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We are in truble deep ,as a country ,,I served proudly,for???

YEA, YOU WERE DECEIVED

that's how every teardrop falls

WOW, ME TOO! AWESOME, TY

I can't believe I've never listened to this man's music.. My mom just turned me onto it this weekend and I came home and listened... and WEPT. WOW. Powerful stuff.


EDIT: I bought us tickets to his local show coming through in a couple months :)

Braden, you have a world of wonder and amazement awaiting you as you get to know and love this precious man. I have been with him since he first started and he just continues to inform us about what it means to be human. Many thanks to your MOM for showing you his light. You will not be disappointed and you have a musical adventure in store!! Blessings!!

DID YOU GET TO SEE HIM? HOW WAS IT?

@M. C. Master GREAT COMMENT. SEEING JOHN LIVE IN CANADA IN MID 90S OUTDOORS, WAS TOP 5 EXPERIENCES IN MY LIFE. ALL THE OTHERS WERE GOD RELATED.

You put me on the morn¡ñg TRAIN! No need to explain. yøU pUť Mə ÖÑ the morning train!! @https://youtu.be/0IoOWZLfF8U Grand Master

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No My Dear; You aren't. They are. Blinded by Wildfires. Every day.

John Prine for President. Throw the bums out and give us Prine’s wisdom instead.

written by Knoxville's R.B. Morris ... also covered internationally by Marianne Faithful

Song becomes more meaningful every single day.

Yeah, like how all the traitorous attempts by the Democrats to overthrow Trump keep failing yet they keep trying more. I wonder what is next?

Zorost Anything, please, to get that maniac Pussy Grabber out of office.

Forsaking all his better angels....For when religion loses vision....For when the heart is never open....She says, "You're only taking orders"....If no one asks, then no one answers....That's how every empire falls.

Oh Lord, may JP find Mercy in the Shadows where he Falls today. I have been riding the Horse of his Folk Music since, about, 1971 or so. God Bless JP. A man who lives among us, still a stranger to those whose Heart is still not open. Top 3 for sure..... Sheer musical genius.... "I'm sorry... I hide behind the laws..... ooops... that's how it all falls down...." So true. Fire begets its Fire.... Do we Ask? Who answers?

This man is more than the sum of his parts!!! He is without a doubt the most underappreciated song writer to come out of Minnesota and for sure the best. Bob Dylan Eat Your Heart Out!!!!

Well, his family is from Kentucky and he was born in Illinois, so I don't know where you got Minnesota.

Was this released.....today

Probably the most poignant question I have heard in our day and time!

The words to this song is the world I live As I slowly slide only angels can help Good song

Thank you John.