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That Bloody Sun
03:11
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THAT BLOODY SUN
From barrio or village they ride north on the trains
Cooking when the sun shines, soaking when it rains
Ragged little pilgrims, some barely in their teens
Following their mamas or chasing after dreams
They’ll cross at Nogales all right
And then, ten miles out of town
Get lost in the desert tonight
Out where that bloody sun goes down
Out in the Sonora some find their journey’s end
In the shade of some barranca they may never leave again
Or stumble into farmyards, upset the farmer’s wife
Or through their final doorway and straight out of this life
They’ll cross at Nogales all right
And then, ten miles out of town
Get lost in the desert tonight
Out where that bloody sun goes down
No border fence will stop them, forever they will come
As long as things are better over here than where they’re from
Ah, pobrecìto Mèxico: how can your children rest
So far away from God and so close to the US
They’ll cross at Nogales all right
And then, ten miles out of town
Get lost in the desert tonight
Out where that bloody sun goes down
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Tears Like Gasoline
03:57
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TEARS LIKE GASOLINE
In two towns, two boys in one week now
Have taken to the gun
And the old song comes ’round
Why him, why her, why here
Why did they do what they have done
But no answers are found
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm hmm
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm
Sometimes young men who can’t find love
Start feeling blue and shooty
And it’s women who pay
And bystanders and officers
Who’re just trying to do their duty
When they get in the way
Soon now the candles come
And the flowers piled high
With thoughts and prayers that somehow
Never reach the sky
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm hmm
How long, how long
Could you find your Jesus anywhere
Down here in all this mess
Or your Pillars of Islam
While cops lift empty cartridges
From the blood and broken glass
And a killer calls his Mom
Soon now the candles come
And the flowers piled high
With thoughts and prayers that somehow
Never reach the sky
No, grant this time the loved ones’ prayer
That they be heard and seen
And let their voices burn the air
And their tears be gasoline
And their tears be gasoline
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm hmm
How long, how long
Hmm-mm, hmm-mm hmm
How long, how long
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The Calm After The Storm
02:59
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THE CALM AFTER THE STORM
In the calm after the storm
May you find your love re-born
Its healing work there to perform
In the calm after the storm
In the peace after the rain
May we recognize our pain
Might be a gift, and not in vain
In the peace after the rain
We’ll be standing in the sun again
And breathing free at last
To leave behind the shadows of the past
And on that day beyond the night
As we step into the light
We’ll give our thanks that we’re alright
On that day beyond the night
Yeah, we’re standing in the sun again
No more to stand alone
But, hand in hand, we’ll roll away the stone
And in the calm after the storm
May we find our love re-born
Its healing work now to perform
In the calm after the storm
In the calm after the storm
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Hick Town
04:10
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HICK TOWN
Handsome are the works of man
Glory is his middle name
Wondrous are the ways he gets it done
Countless are the stones he’s laid
From the pyramids to the Empire State
Endless are his deeds under the sun
But each time he lays a brick down
He'll make another hick town—how come
He’ll fool you with his works of art
Take your pocket watch apart
And praise the marvels of our century
He’ll name wise men and Presidents
But ask the color of his fence
He’ll only know the side that he can see
And once you get this trick down
Check if you’re in a hick town—you’ll be
Because mankind shares but one belief
To him the world’s a thing with teeth
To him the world’s a pair of tiger’s eyes
And it wants to gnaw upon his bones
And stares at him when he’s alone
The way the snake stared out from Paradise
So he’ll not lay his pick down
‘Til he has made his hick town King-size
And now he’s colonized the globe
Forced Mother Nature to disrobe
And from her juice produced a fireball
And with his cheerleaders and Army boys
He makes a patriotic noise
So loud that he can’t hear his conscience call
But if the clock should tick down
He’s only lost a hick town—and that’s all
That’s all, that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
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Have You Seen Tom Joad
05:09
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HAVE YOU SEEN TOM JOAD
It could be any morning and it could be any day
He’ll show up without warning and leave in the same way
From Bakersfield to Jackson where the grapes of wrath are stowed
Until everyone is asking, have you seen Tom Joad
Well, he starts a conversation in a coffee shop or bar
He wonders if our nation can survive the way things are
With Liberty and Justice gone where all the money’s flowed
While those left in the dust ask, have you seen Tom Joad
Have you seen Tom Joad
He’s the big idea they can’t erase
And can’t run out of town
He’s the joker who will trump their ace
When the final deal goes down
Well, he might be with the strikers when they’re holding out for more
And you may have seen his likeness standing in the jailhouse door
From Memphis to Topeka on the Revolution Road
Where the voice of truth is speaking, you have seen Tom Joad
So let the cradle rock, though the bough may break
And Congressmen may cry
There’s a higher law than the kind they make
And a ghost can never die
Well, it could be any morning and it could be any night
Wherever the lines are forming on the side of what is right
And when everybody’s children own their fair share of the load
We can let him rest, but ‘til then, have you seen Tom Joad
Have you seen Tom Joad
Dear God yes, this wheel’s on fire, getting ready to explode
But it’s stopping to inquire, have you seen Tom Joad
Have you seen Tom Joad
Well, it could be any morning
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6. |
One Kind Of Free
03:55
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ONE KIND OF FREE
Some people are marching
And some people don’t care
But some people would risk their lives
Just to be there
‘Cause some people would stack the deck
Yeah they would load the dice
They think to hang on to what they’ve got
You’ve got to lose your rights
And this confusion
Its old roots run deep and strong
It’s always been with us
And always been wrong
In “one Nation, indivisible” there can only be
One kind of Citizen and one kind of Free
Now we’ve got a problem
We need to fix it fast
Before E Pluribus Unum
Becomes a thing of the past
So now, just to clarify
In case you’re taking notes
One side wants to nullify
The other Voters’ votes
And if we let them
We will get what we deserve
But it isn’t too late yet, friends
If we’ve got the nerve
To stand up all together and declare that there can only be
One kind of Citizen and one kind of Free
One what? One kind of Free
So if you’re white or Black or Brown
Straight or LGBT
Cowboys or Indians
Or just watch ‘em on TV
You know there never really was, oh but there still could be
One kind of Citizen and one kind of Free
One what? One kind of Free
One what? One kind of Free
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