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Conservative songs exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list:

1. "My Love" by Petula Clark. Christian love in secular form.
2. "Starting All Over Again" by Petula Clark. Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
3. "Thank You My Lord" by Petula Clark. The title says it all.
4. "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)". I am stoned. The version by The Clash has a good tempo.
5. "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. Self-help with a criticism of alcohol.
6. "You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)". Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by The Supremes and Phil Collins were popular.
7. "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. Love and a thousand churches for those who are lost.
8. "Pomp and Circumstance" (Land of Hope & Glory) By Freedom gain, by Truth maintain...
9. "Jerusalem" Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
10. "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
11. "The Ascent of Stan" by Ben Folds. Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
12. "Brick" by Ben Folds Five. Shows the regret involved in abortion.
13. "Revolution 1" by the Beatles: Against silly support of Communist revolutionaries.
14. "Alive" by P.O.D.: About being thankful for the gift of life.
15. "Gotta Serve Somebody" by Bob Dylan. "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."^[1]
16. "Stand By Your Man," by Tammy Wynette. Don't expect liberals to like that one!
17. "I Can't Drive 55", by Sammy Hagar. A libertarian protest against highway speed limits.
18. "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie Underwood. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
19. "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Somewhat a response to hippie culture, as well as taking a potshot at liberal musician Neil Young.
20. "Red Barchetta" by Rush. Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
21. "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. One of the biggest hits ever, but liberals omit that this song is about Jesus.
22. "Father of Mine" by Everclear. A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.
23. "The Taxman" by The Beatles. George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes." [1]
24. "Back in the U.S.A." by Chuck Berry. A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
25. "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2.
26. "Government Cheese" by The Rainmakers. Humorous spoof of welfare.
27. "Angry Young Man" by Billy Joel. The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
28. "Let My People Go" by The Pursuit of Happiness. "How will you free us with your hate? How many heads will smash when you smash the state? You say march, I think I'll wait." An anti-protest song.
29. "Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun" by Grand Funk Railroad. A father gives his son some sage advice.
30. "Something For Nothing" by Rush. "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
31. "Neighborhood Bully" by Bob Dylan. Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
32. "Get It Right the First Time" by Louisiana's Le Roux. Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
33. "Only The Young" by Journey. "The shadows of a golden age, a generation waits for dawn, the brave carry on, the bold and the strong". An anthem for the Reagan Generation.
34. "Yours Is No Disgrace" by Yes. Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
35. "Fair Exchange" by Kansas. A warning about totalitarian governments who want to exchange your freedom for a "new perfect order".

References

1. ↑ http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html

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