He walked all over his own growin' land. From the New York island to the California sand. He saw all the people that needed to be seen. Planted all the grass where it needed to be green.
Went to a party the other night, everybody was there. Thought that I would have some fun as I started up the stair. Somebody tried to ruin it when he won a raffle prize.
Well, it's of a bold reporter whose story I will tell. He went down to the Cuban land, the nearest place to hell. He'd been there many times before but now the law does say.
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Every morning at the dawn dust is in the air. Karen rises early, runs brushes through her hair. Then she buys the paper, I lay on my back. Then she feeds the monkey, then she feeds the cat.
Oh, I laid down your railroads, every mile of track. With the muscles on my arm and the sweat upon my back. And now the trains are rolling, they roll to every shore.
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Walkin' down an Alabama road. Rememberin' what the Bible told. Walkin' with a letter in his hand. Dreaming of another southern land. Walkin' down an Alabama road.
The pilot's playing poker in the cockpit of the plane. The casualties are rising like the dropping of rain. And the mountain of machinery will fall before a man.
Pre>. A. In the fire blue forests, faded and forgotten. . I crawled through the cotton fields, picking for cotton. D. The overseer sneered, his whipping was rotten.
What's that I hear now ringing in my ears?. I've heard that sound before. What's that I hear now ringing in my ears?. I hear it more and more. . It's the sound of freedom calling.
Show me the prison, show me the jail. Show me the prisoner whose face is growin' pale. . And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why. There but for fortune, go you or go I, you and I.
What's that I hear now ringing in my ear. I've heard that sound before. What's that I hear now ringing in my ear. I hear it more and more. It's the sound of freedom calling.
In the state of Mississippi many years ago. A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law. He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime. And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind.
Show me a prison, show me a jail. Show me a pris'ner whose face has grown pale. . And I'll show you a young man. With many reasons why. There but for fortune, go you or I.
Joan Baez. Show me a prison, show me a jail. Show me a prisoner whose face is growing pale. And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why. And there but for fortune.
And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth. The sand is burning. And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight. Their courses turning.
Phil Ochs. In a building of gold, with riches untold,. lived the families on which the country was founded.. And the merchants of style, with their vain velvet smiles,.
Hup, two, three, four, marchin' down the street. Rollin' of the drums and the trampin' of the feet. General salutes and the mothers wave and weep. Here comes the big parade.