Copyright 1992 burning field music (ascap). . You gotta admit life magazine made 1968 look great,. My father said it sucked, everybody died.. All the troops you couldn't save, no one knew how to be brave,.
G D G. . We are the nation's physicians. . D G. . Yes, we give to our lobbies every day. . D B C7.
Pre>c am. Many's the hour I've lain by my window. C am. And thought of the people who carried the burden. C am. Who marched in the strange fields in search of an answers.
Pardon me, all you people. Who enjoy your peace of mind. You say everybody's equal. Everybody is doing fine.. . You should've been down in mississippi.
When the troubles of the world rest. Upon your weary shoulder. When the wind that blows upon. Your face is blowing colder. And every hour tells you you're getting older.
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.
As I went out one evening to take the evening air. I was blessed by a blood-red moon. In Lincoln Park the dark was turning. . I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes.
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.
Oh, where were you in Chicago?. You know I didn't see you there. I didn't see them crack your head or breathe the tear gas air. Oh, where were you in Chicago?.
Religon!. In the town of bethlehem many years ago. A man got religion and he changed the staus quo. He went around the countryside preaching brotherhood.
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.
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone. And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone. And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone.
When first unto this country a stanger I came,. I fought the revolution, peace and quiet was my aim.. When the indians attacked us, at least that's what I'm told,.
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.
Oh, you're wasting precious time.. Oh, you're wasting precious time.. And someday you'll wake up and find.. There's nobody around, they've got their own lives..
Sometimes I, could leave it all behind.. Step off and find a place, to make a brand new life.. And when we talk, I wonder who'll break first.. We'll take it all apart, and twist each others words..
Take me, take me. Out into the night. Show me, show me. Wonders and delights. . Faces 'round a fire. Lights across the sky. The witching hour. They're calling me now.
Wait a minute, it's all gone south. Words don't matter, I'm all talked out. I want to show You another way. I want to shield you from my mistakes. . Ooh, they're the ties that bind us.
Where've you gone. Is something wrong. You're not the friend I knew. . A web of lies. And compromise. You play me for a fool. . Watch your game. The rules have changed.
One more night in this place, I just couldn't sleep.. One more night wide awake, I just couldn't leave.. . Let it go, let it go, let it go.. Now it's over..