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 { From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/creedence-clearwater-revival-lyrics/fortunate-son-lyrics.html } 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
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=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
(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)
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