"BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER"

Music by: Mark Easton and Michael Foster
Lyrics by: Mark Easton
Copyright 2010 by: CRYSTAL MAGIC MUSIC PUBLISHING (ASCAP)
Recorded in July, 2009 at ROUGH CUT STUDIO...Eastford, Conn.
Mixed in March, 2010 at GOLDEN SUN STUDIO...North Palm Beach, Florida.
Mastered in March, 2010 at THE STUDIO...Canberra, Australia.
Mark Easton: Electric Guitar (Right), Lead Vocal, First Guitar Solo.
Michael Foster: Electric Guitar (Left), Harmony and Answer Vocals, Outro Guitar Solos.
Barry Easton: Drums
Michael Corsini: Bass
Stephanie Krowka: Harmony Vocal, Outro Vocal Answers

This song, like all the others we did during our 2009 Recording Sessions at ROUGH CUT, was a conscious effort on our part to strike out into some new musical territory ...yet still remain true to our core sound and musical identity. Mark Easton came up with the initial verse chords and lyrics ...and I came up with the rest of the music for the heavier vocal parts and solo sections. As I was doing the arranging on this one ...the vocal buildup and trading of vocal lines seemed like a perfect way to climax the song ...and we all agreed that we wanted to hear a female voice during this section of the song ...so Stephanie Krowka, (who had also been recording some tracks of hers at ROUGH CUT) was the obvious choice ...and so she got the nod to do those parts ...so thanks Stephanie!

Lyrically...the song is just a continuation of a theme the band has been stressing throughout it's entire 33 years together. We've done other tracks with a similar message before ...THE GOLDEN SUN comes to mind here ...but this one is different than any of our other songs. We're all essentially just a bunch of old hippies with the firm belief that LOVE is the one thing that can heal this world. In 2010 ...with talk of the end of the Mayan Calendar in December 2012 ...the "End of Days" ...and Armegeddon ...all being the focus of so many books, movies, and debate ...we choose to adopt the Spiritual Beliefs stated clearly in "A Course In Miracles" which says the "End of Days" really signifies an end of the days on Earth when selfishness, conflict, and war are the only thing we practice ...and instead, heralds the dawn of a new age of enlightenment and unprecedented global unity. Being the eternal optimists that we are ...that particular view of our imminent future just sits a whole lot better with the band than the other one.

We all hope you guys enjoy this one ....and that we all try the best we can to LIVE this song.

1st VERSE

Everybody's waking up....
No one wants to struggle to get by...
Everybody's shaking hands....
Peace can only come from you and I...

CHORUS

Why can't we.....be good to each other.
We should be....be good to each other.

2nd VERSE

Everybody's had enough....
Everybody wants some peace of mind...
Everybody's had it rough....
We need all the love that we can find....
We can make it...
We can take it...
We can make it if we try....