Protest Songs

all we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(C'mon)
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters,
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, Bye bye, Bye byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(Let me tell you now)
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation,
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

 

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no Senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the tax men come to the door
Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
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It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah, some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son, no, no

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59ZWa8ehgI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59ZWa8ehgI

FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
"Signs"

And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"
Whoa-oh-oh
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you
the
right?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?
You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside
Ugh!
[Lead Guitar]
And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a
penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Wooo!
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Sign
Sign, sign

 

War Pigs by Black Sabbath

And for those opposed to the Death penalty

Ride The Lightning -Metallica

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBgyd3IUnJI

Fork

In the light of day, came a foreign man
With the devils eye, he said ‘Yes We Can’
And you know it’s time, when the bells ring out
What can I say, just scream and shout
Go do it together, yes you can
The devils eye
When the cats go out, and you’re about to die
A vision from the heavens, comes down from the sky

When the clouds lift high, and your saviours coming
A fork in the road, I don’t know why

Get it together, when the shots ring out
I love you forever, there is no doubt
You can buy a ticket, to the other side
We can speak together, that’s the way we slide

Fork in the road, time to decide
It’s the way they lie, to make us until we die

Left, Right, there’s no way in the middle
When the heat is gone, and there’s something going on
Say it to me, we don’t know what’s going on
Steal your thunder, like a saviour coming down from the sky

The world turns around, and we don’t as why?
As the shots ring out, we don’t ask why
As they fight your wars, and you don’t ask why
So they feed your fears, and you don’t ask why
They steal your money, and you don’t ask why
And take over your soul, and you don’t ask why
What are we waiting for, a messenger to come down from the skies?

 

There were men of which pages have been written
Notes on a life of immeasurable bravery
Irreplaceable because they denounced
The most corrupt systems too often ignored
Men or angels sent to the earth to fight a war
Of feuds and of families scattered as so many balls
On an island of blood that among so many wonders
Between lemons and seashells… massacre sons and daughters
Of a generation forced not to look
To speak in a whisper
To put out the light
To comment with silence
Every bullet in the air
Every body in a ditch

There were men that little by little
Have left a mark with courage and with commitment
With devotion against an organized institution
Our thing…your thing… what is yours?
It’s ours…the freedom to speak
That our eyes were made to watch
The mouth to speak, the ears listen
Not only music not only music
The head turns and adjusts the aim, be clever
At times condemning at times forgiving
Simply

Think before firing
Think before speaking and judging
Try to think
Think that you can decide
Wait a moment
Only a moment more
With your head between your hands

There were men that died young
But they were aware that their ideas
Would last for centuries as important words
Unbroken and real as little miracles
Ideas of equality ideas of education
Against every man that exercises oppression
Against every one against a weaker one
Against he who buries his conscience in the cement

Think
Think before speaking and judging
Try to think
Think that you can decide
Wait a moment
Only a moment more
With your head between your hands

There were men that continued
Although everything around was burning
Because in the end this life has no meaning
If you fear a bomb or a pointed gun
Men passed and a song passes
But no one will ever be able to stop the belief
That justice is not only an illusion

Think
Think before speaking and judging
Try to think
Think that you can decide
Wait a moment
Only a moment more
With your head between your hands
Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM_MEAijeu0&feature=autoplay&list=FL7_-ineFaGqA&index=66&playnext=65"]Fabrizio Moro - Pensa - YouTube

Ci sono stati uomini che hanno scritto pagine
Appunti di una vita dal valore inestimabile
Insostituibili perché hanno denunciato
Il più corrotto dei sistemi troppo spesso ignorato
Uomini o angeli mandati sulla terra per combattere una guerra
Di faide e di famiglie sparse come tante biglie
Su un isola di sangue che fra tante meraviglie
Fra limoni e fra conchiglie... massacra figli e figlie
Di una generazione costretta a non guardare
A parlare a bassa voce a spegnere la luce
A commententare in pace ogni pallottola nell'aria
Ogni cadavere in un fosso
Ci sono stati uomini che passo dopo passo
Hanno lasciato un segno con coraggio e con impegno
Con dedizione contro un'istituzione organizzata
Cosa nostra... cosa vostra... cos'è vostro?
È nostra... la libertà di dire
Che gli occhi sono fatti per guardare
La bocca per parlare le orecchie ascoltano...
Non solo musica non solo musica
La testa si gira e aggiusta la mira ragiona
A volte condanna a volte perdona
Semplicemente
Pensa prima di sparare
Pensa prima di dire e di giudicare prova a pensare
Pensa che puoi decidere tu
Resta un attimo soltanto un attimo di più
Con la testa fra le mani
Ci sono stati uomini che sono morti giovani
Ma consapevoli che le loro idee
Sarebbero rimaste nei secoli come parole iperbole
Intatte e reali come piccoli miracoli
Idee di uguaglianza idee di educazione
Contro ogni uomo che eserciti oppressione
Contro ogni suo simile contro chi è più debole
Contro chi sotterra la coscienza nel cemento
Pensa prima di sparare
Pensa prima di dire e di giudicare prova a pensare
Pensa che puoi decidere tu
Resta un attimo soltanto un attimo di più
Con la testa fra le mani
Ci sono stati uomini che hanno continuato
Nonostante intorno fosse [tutto bruciato
Perché in fondo questa vita non ha significato
Se hai paura di una bomba o di un fucile puntato
Gli uomini passano e passa una canzone
Ma nessuno potrà fermare mai la convinzione
Che la giustizia no... non è solo un'illusione
Pensa prima di sparare
Pensa prima dì dire e di giudicare prova a pensare
Pensa che puoi decidere tu
Resta un attimo soltanto un attimo di più
Con la testa fra le mani
Pensa.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVczYxzAnJI"]I Don't Want Your Millions Mister - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpFYlPOofzQ"]Fred Hellermen - Pity the Downtrodden Landlord - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QG4iImf8pY&feature=related"]Banks of Marble - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE


Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQjMqhORzw&ob=av2e"]Queensryche - Speak - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0f78MDOUJw&feature=related"]Merle Haggard - Jesus Christ - YouTube
Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land
A carpenter true and brave
He said to the rich give your goods to the poor
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

He went to the sick and he went to the poor
And he went to the hungry and the lame
And he said that the meek would inherit the whole world
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

One day Jesus stopped at a rich man’s door
What must I do to be saved
Take all you own and give it to the poor
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When the love of the poor shall one day turn to hate
When the patience of the workers give away
Would be better for the rich if they never been born
So they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When Jesus came to town all the working folks around
Believed what he did say
But bankers and preachers nailed him to the cross
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

Well the people held their breath when they heard about his death
And everybody wondered why
Was the landlord and soldiers lawmen there had hired
That nailed Jesus Christ in the sky

We would lay Jesus Christ in the grave Lord Lord
We would lay Jesus Christ in the grave
And if Jesus preached today like he preached in Galilee
We would lay Jesus Christ in his grave

 

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc0MTU5Mjk2.html

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
March on Washington 1963.


Oh the time will come up
When the winds will stop
And the breeze will cease to be breathin'.
Like the stillness in the wind
'Fore the hurricane begins,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Oh the seas will split
And the ship will hit
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking.
Then the tide will sound
And the wind will pound
And the morning will be breaking.

Oh the fishes will laugh
As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
And the rocks on the sands
Will proudly stand,
The hour that the ship comes in.

And the words that are used
For to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're spoken.
For the chains of the sea
Will have busted in the night
And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

A song will lift
As the mainsail shifts
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline.
And the sun will respect
Every face on the deck,
The hour that the ship comes in.

Then the sands will roll
Out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
And the ship's wise men
Will remind you once again
That the whole wide world is watchin'.

Oh the foes will rise
With the sleep still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'.
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it's for real,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Then they'll raise their hands,
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands,
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered.
And like Pharaoh's tribe,
They'll be drownded in the tide,
And like Goliath, they'll be conquered.

 

Frank wrote this in reaction to the Watts riots back in 1965
(lyrics may not exactly match those in the vid...Frank altered them slightly from time to time)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOGydWBJ1mE&feature=related"]Mothers of Invention - Trouble Comin' Everyday - YouTube

Well I'm about to get sick
From watchin' my TV
Been checkin' out the news
Till my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
(Sure 'nuff!)
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess (Well!) (Woa!)
So I'm
Watchin' and I'm a-waitin'
I'm hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Wednesday I watched the riot
I seen the cops out on the street
I watched 'em throwin' rocks & stuff & chokin'
In the heat
I listen to reports
'Bout the whisky passin' around
I seen the smoke & fire
And the market burnin' down
I watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp & smash & bash & crash & slash & bust & burn
I'm a-watchin' and I'm a-waitin'
But I'm hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Watchin' and I'm a-waitin'
I'm hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin', oh, yeah . . .

Well, you can cool it,
You can heat it . . .
'Cause, baby, I don't need it . . .
Take your TV tube and eat it
'N all that phony stuff on sports
'N all the unconfirmed reports
You know I watched that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin' out the way
The newsman say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so-and-so

And further they assert
That any show they'll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell,
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin' hard and doin' swell,
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the street,
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a brownie
And you'll see it all complete

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white

Well, I seen the fires burnin'
And the local people turnin'
On the merchants and the shops
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em
And they say it served 'em right
Because a few of them are white,
And it's the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yellin' "You can't understand me!"
'N all that other jazz they hand me
In the papers and TV and
All that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more every day
Each time you hear some nitwit say
He wants to go and do you in
Because the color of your skin
Just don't appeal to him
(No matter if it's black or white)
Because he's out for blood tonight

You know we got to sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won't be many live
To see it really end
'Cause the fire in the street
Ain't like the fire in the heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don't you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now's the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain't no Great Society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn't free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor

Blow your harmonica, son!




ZW

 

^ win..

 

(One of our local groups)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QTpCgMfyI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QTpCgMfyI

Song: Freedom
Artist: Spiral Rhythm
Album: I Am...

I can no more be bound
Than the hawk in flight
And I am the fires
That burn in the night

And I am the shaking
And quaking of the earth
And I am the water
Of the worlds rebirth

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

I am no more contained
Then that the waves on the sea
I cannot be chained
Because I must be free

And I am the fire
That burns in all things
The bell that tolls
With freedoms call

Shake when you hear me ring

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

I can no more be bound
Than the hawk in flight
And I am the fires
That burn in the night

And I am the shaking
And quaking of the earth
And I am the water
Of the worlds rebirth

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

I am no more contained
Then that the waves on the sea
I cannot be chained
Because I must be free

And I am the fire
That burns in all things
The bell that tolls
With freedoms call

Shake when you hear me ring

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

I can no more be bound
Than the hawk in flight
And I am the fires
That burn in the night

And I am the shaking
And quaking of the earth
And I am the water
Of the worlds rebirth

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

I am no more contained
Then that the waves on the sea
I cannot be chained
Because I must be free

And I am the fire
That burns in all things
The bell that tolls
With freedoms call

Shake when you hear me ring

I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom
I am freedom

 

In the light of previous events:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNocyz1NRjA"]Bella ciao, Iran - YouTube

Una mattina mi son svegliato
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Una mattina mi son svegliato
Eo ho trovato l'invasor
One morning I woke up
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
One morning I woke up
And I found the invader


O partigiano porta mi via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
O partigiano porta mi via
Che mi sento di morir
Oh partisan, carry me away,
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Oh partisan, carry me away,
For I feel I'm dying


E se io muoio da partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
E se io muoio da partigiano
Tu mi devi seppellir
And if I die as a partisan
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
And if I die as a partisan
You have to bury me


Mi seppellire lassù in montagna
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Mi seppellire lassù in montagna
Sotto l'ombra di un bel fiore
But bury me up in the mountain
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao,
But bury me up in the mountain
Under the shadow of a beautiful flower


E le genti che passeranno
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
E le genti che passeranno
Mi diranno: "Che bel fior"
And the people who will pass by
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao,
And the people who will pass by
Will say to me: "what a beautiful flower"


È questo il fiore del partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
È questo il fiore del partigiano
Morto per la libertà
This is the flower of the partisan
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
This is the flower of the partisan
Who died for freedom

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAG0XMRty5Y"]Arlo Guthrie/I'm Changing My Name To Fannie Mae - YouTube

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight
And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight
What the dollar used to get us
Now won't buy a head of lettuce
No the economic forecast isn't right
But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray

I can even glimpse a new and better way
And I've demised a plan of action
Worked it down to the last fraction
And I'm going into action here today

CHORUS:
I am changing my name to Fannie Mae
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Freddy Mac
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Fannie Mae
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a trillion grand out
I'll be standing with my hand out
Yes sire I'll get mine

When my creditors are screaming for their dough
I'll be proud to tell them all where they can all go
They won't have to scream and holler
They'll be paid to the last dollar
Where the endless streams of money seem to flow
I'll be glad to tell them what they can do
It's a matter of a simple form or two
It's not just renumeration it's a liberal education
Ain't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you

CHORUS

Since the first amphibians crawled out of the slime
We've been struggling in an unrelenting climb
We were hardly up and walking before money started talking
And it's sad that failure is an awful crime
Well it's been that way for a millenium or two
But now it seems that there's a different point of view
If you're a corporate titanic and your failure is gigantic
Down to congress there's a safety net for you

CHORUS

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlfrzNhpvo&feature=related"]Rage Against The Machine - Testify #Occupy Wall Street (fan video) - YouTube
(ignore the question marks)

 

Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfhk2WxfV2c"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfhk2WxfV2c

People Got To Be Free lyrics

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
Peace in the valley, people got to be free

You should see, what a lovely, lovely world this would be
If everyone learned to live together
It seems to me such an easy, easy thing this would be
Why can't you and me learn to love one another

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
I can't understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free
Ah, ah, yeah . . . ah, ah, yeah

If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand
All it takes is you to understand and to see him through
Seems to me, we got to solve it individually
And I'll do unto you what you do to me

There'll be shoutin' from the mountains on out to sea
(out to the sea)
No two ways about it, people have to be free
(they got to be free)
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
(ah-ha)
It's a natural situation for a man to be free

Oh, what a feelin's just come over me
Enough to move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody's dancin', come on, let's go see
Peace in the valley, now they want to be free

 

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