Name: Information is your Friend
Duration: P00H02M18S
Description: This song is about my frustration with the post-truth age of "alternative facts."

Information is your Friend

from Nothing Rhymes With Orange by Dawn Oberg

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This song is about my frustration with the post-truth age of "alternative facts."

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One plus one is two, you'd think on that we could agree
And that the sky is blue, and it wouldn't start world war three
That the findings of a study, double-blind and peer-reviewed
Would combine disparate perspectives and not be misconstrued
Information is your friend, facts are not your enemy
Someone smart said a long time ago, the truth will set you free
And it sucks I even have to say it, that I have to sing and play it
We all enjoy results of scientific inquiry
There's information all around us, it helps us cooperate
From a street sign to a line of code, helps us coordinate
Facts can be observable and so can some events
Misinformation often leads to harmful incidents
Objective truth is a thing
Good journalism helps to make us aware
Regardless of what we want to see there
It doesn't care about our paradigm or concept of what's balanced and fair

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from Nothing Rhymes With Orange, track released July 28, 2017
Drums: Andrew Laubacher
Bass: Shawn Miller
Vocals and Piano: Dawn Oberg
Organ: Erik Ian Walker

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Dawn Oberg is a San Francisco-based songwriter and recording artist.

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