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Tue Dec-25-07 03:59 AM
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"Just Another Poor Boy Off to Fight a Rich Man's War...." |
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Steve Earle - 'Rich Man's War'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bCVoMCeYYJimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go There ain’t nobody hirin’ ‘round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl Somebody somewhere had another plan Now he’s got a rifle in his hand Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war
Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world Been a year now and he’s still there Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war
When will we ever learn When will we ever see We stand up and take our turn And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free
Ali was the second son of a second son Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way
He answered when he got the call Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war
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Tue Dec-25-07 04:36 AM
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1. Emmylou Harris: Steve Earle: Willie Nelson: Townes Van Zandt Tribute show |
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Tue Dec-25-07 05:37 AM
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Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 05:56 AM by Breeze54
F the CC
By Steve Earle
Steve Earle singing 'F the CC' at the Operation Ceasefire Concert in Washington DC on 9/24/2005http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af5SahC1DE&feature=relatedI used to listen to the radio And I don’t guess they’re listenin’ to me no more They talk too much but that’s okay I don’t understand a single word they say Piss and moan about the immigrants But don’t say nothin’ about the president A democracy don’t work that way I can say anything I wanna say
So fuck the FCC Fuck the FBI Fuck the CIA Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA
People tell me that I’m paranoid And I admit I’m gettin’ pretty nervous, boy It just gets tougher everyday To sit around and watch it while it slips away Been called a traitor and a patriot Call me anything you want to but Just don’t forget your history Dirty Lenny died so we could all be free
Cmon Say it!
F-U-C-K!
Fuck the FCC!! Fuck the FBI! Fuck the CIA!
Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA!
Fuck the FCC!! Fuck the FBI! Fuck the CIA!
I'm Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA!PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION/LETTER TO THE FCC and CONGRESS!!http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletterMerry Holidays!!
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Tue Dec-25-07 06:23 AM
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3. 'WARRIOR' ~ ( you have to listen to these lyrics in song!....) |
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'WARRIOR'
Artist: Steve Earlehttp://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/Warrior.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6W5M5P1YZ4This is the best time of the day—the dawn The final cleansing breath unsullied yet By acrid fume or death’s cacophony The rank refuse of unchained ambition And pray, deny me not but know me now, Your faithful retainer stands resolute To serve his liege lord without recompense Perchance to fall and perish namelessly No flag-draped bier or muffled drum to set The cadence for a final dress parade But it was not always thus—remember? Once you worshipped me and named me a god In many tongues and made offering lest I exact too terrible a tribute
Take heed for I am weary, ancient And decrepit now and my time grows short There are no honorable frays to join
Only mean death dealt out in dibs and dabs Or horror unleashed from across oceans Assail me not with noble policy For I care not at all for platitude And surrender such tedious detail To greater minds than mine and nimbler tongues Singular in their purpose and resolve And presuming to speak for everyman
Oh, for another time, a distant field And there a mortal warrior’s lonely grave But duty charges me remain until The end the last battle of the last war Until that ‘morrow render unto me That which is mine my stipend well deserved The fairest flower of your progeny Your sons, your daughters your hopes and your dreams The cruel consequence of your conceit...http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/Warrior.html
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Tue Dec-25-07 07:01 AM
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4. 'So what you doin' standin' around?' ~ "The revolution starts now"!! |
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'The Revolution Starts Now'
Artist: Steve Earle http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/The-Revolution-Starts-Now.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8ZUaLACZ8
I was walkin' down the street In the town where I was born I was movin' to a beat That I'd never felt before So I opened up my eyes And I took a look around I saw it written 'cross the sky The revolution starts now
Yeah, the revolution starts now
The revolution starts now When you rise above your fear And tear the walls around you down The revolution starts here Where you work and where you play Where you lay your money down What you do and what you say The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now In your own backyard In your own hometown So what you doin' standin' around? Just follow your heart
The revolution starts now
Last night I had a dream That the world had turned around And all our hopes had come to be And the people gathered 'round They all brought what they could bring And nobody went without And I learned a song to sing and
The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now In your own backyard In your own hometown So what you doin' standin' around? Just follow your heart
The revolution starts now When you rise above your fear
The revolution starts now!!!!
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Tue Dec-25-07 08:28 AM
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5. Joan Baez & Steve Earle ~ 'Christmas In Washington' |
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'Christmas In Washington'
By Steve Earle & Joan Baez
Joan Baez & Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmb9DcterR0
It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, 'He cannot seek another term They'll be no more FDRs'
I sat home in Tennessee Staring at the screen With an uneasy feeling in my chest And I'm wonderin' what it means
Chorus:
So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes from paradise And rise again somehow If you run into Jesus Maybe he can help you out Come back Woody Guthrie to us now
I followed in your footsteps once Back in my travelin' days Somewhere I failed to find your trail Now I'm stumblin' through the haze But there's killers on the highway now And a man can't get around So I sold my soul for wheels that roll Now I'm stuck here in this town
Chorus
There's foxes in the hen house Cows out in the corn The unions have been busted Their proud red banners torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and Cisco know It's going straight to hell
So come back, Emma Goldman Rise up, old Joe Hill The barracades are goin' up They cannot break our will Come back to us, Malcolm X And Martin Luther King We're marching into Selma As the bells of freedom ring
Chorus
There's foxes in the hen house Cows out in the corn The unions have been busted Their proud red banners torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and Cisco know It's going straight to hell
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now...
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Tue Dec-25-07 09:05 AM
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6. Joan Baez - Oh, Freedom (Live 1966) |
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Tue Dec-25-07 09:35 AM
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7. 'Blowing in the wind' ~ Bob Dylan & Joan Baez |
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Tue Dec-25-07 10:44 AM
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8. ' It Ain't Me, Babe' ~ Joan Baez ~ (Live 1965) ~ Dedicated to all the married people |
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'It Ain't Me, Babe' ~ Joan Baez (Live 1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cmNRVL1drA
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