Point taken about the heaviness of the song and I'll re-evaluate using it. One thing to note is that the song was sandwiched between other fun and silly songs. I am hyper aware of the students and their emotions while performing. Sometimes I play the wrong song at the wrong time. For example, I played You've Got a Friend to 6th graders once and I started getting misty-eyed missing my own daughters. Suddenly, little squalls of lament broke out in the classroom. "I miss my sister," said one little guy whose sister was in college across the countrty. "I miss my granny." The emotion in the song created pandemonium. We all did some sniffling and, eventually, went back to our classwork. Catharsis.
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