The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn

[appalachiablue]

- Classic 60s song, written by Pete Seeger.

[NeoConsSuck]

1. Pete Seeger

I never knew Pete Seeger wrote this song.

Great song!

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. I've always loved this song.

[Hoyt]

3. It's been getting a lot of play on CNN. Music for ad on an LBJ documentary.

My favorite band without question.

[JoeOtterbein]

4. I loved it and bought the album, and then a friend told me it was based on this plus the words..

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The lyrics were taken from a passage from the book of Ecclesiastes (3:1-8) in The Bible. They were rearranged and paired with Seeger's music to make the song. In a 1988 interview with Paul Zollo, Seeger explained: "I don't read the Bible that often. I leaf through it occasionally and I'm amazed by the foolishness at times and the wisdom at other times. I call it the greatest book of folklore ever given. Not that there isn't a lot of wisdom in it. You can trace the history of people poetically."

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain that which is to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time of love, and a time of hate; a time of war, and a time of peace

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I'm an atheist, but I still love it. Thanks for posting!

[lark]

5. Such a great folk/rock classic!

I loved and still love this song, it's so pretty.