It's been a long, long, long, long story. 'bout the fight to make men free,. It's been a long, long, long, long story. About as long as a story ought to be.
Is there anybody here who'd like to change his clothes into a uniform?. Is there anybody here who thinks they're only serving on a raging storm?. Is there anybody here with glory in their eyes.
In the heat of the summer. When the pavements were burning. The soul of a city was ravaged in the night. After the city sun was sinkin'. . Now no one knows how it started.
Hear some. If I knew. . If I knew why the sun did shine. And if I knew the taste of ancient wine. If I knew all these wonders, there's one thing more I'd know.
The night air is inviting you to walk out on the trail. You will not fail. You will not fail. And by the beach a lady sails a ship without a sail. . And you reach out for her.
Pre>e g#m. Sometime's I feel that the world isn't mine. C#m f b. It feeds on my hunger and tears on my time. E. And I'm tired,. C#m. Yes, I'm tired. E g#m.
Oh, I am just a student, sir. And only want to learn. But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke. From the books that you like to burn. . So I'd like to make a promise.
When the river of rebellion overflows, I'll be there. When the seed of discontent plants and grows, I'll be there. Watching for the sun through the dark and rainy storm.
I like hitler, jolly jolly hitler. I like hitler and mussolini too. . I like franco in spain. And I'll have to maintain. That batista was. Really quite all right.
Pre>intro : g f c d. . G f c d. Meet the king of cowboys, he rides a pale pony. G f c d b. He fights the bad boys brings them to their knees. C. He patrols the highways from the air.
I dreamed I saw phil ochs last night. Alive as you or me. Says I to phil "you're ten years dead". "i never died' says he. "i never died" says he. . The music business killed you phil.
Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans. At the end of the early British war. The young land started growing. The young blood started flowing. But I ain't marching anymore.
I've been all around your dirty old city. Been all around your dirty old town [shades of ewan maccoll --.ed]. I've slept in your alleys, I've slept in your subways.
Pre> b em c7 d em. How long, how long can we go on. F# g b. How long, how long can we go on,. C d. This troubled land may never last. C d em. There is no future in the past.
How high is the watergate, mama, she said it's one foot high and risin'. How high is the watergate, pama, he said it's two feet high and risin'. There's a flood around the poker game (there's a bug on the window pane).
Pre>intro: g em d. . G em d. Here's to the state of richard nixon. G f. For underneath his borders the devil draws no line. G f. If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find.
Here's to the State of Mississippi. For underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines. If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find. Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes.
Here's a song 'bout, 'Hazard, Kentucky'. . Well, some people think that unions are too strong. Union leaders should go back where they belong. But I wish that they could see a little more of poverty.
Pre>g bm c d. I've seen the hands of laborers that lifted all the loads. G bm c d. And the granite stuck to their fingers as they dug the canals and the roads.
In the tube where I was born. I could have sworn. There was so much to see. There was so little to be. But I was free. . World at my command. Through the dots I ran.