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Where Have All the Flowers Gone
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
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Love is but a song we sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
// Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now //
Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
Fading in the grass
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If you hear the song I sing
You will understand, listen
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
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We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day.
// Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day. //
We'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand, some day.
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We shall live in peace, We shall live in peace, We shall live in peace, some day.
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We shall all be free, We shall all be free, We shall all be free, some day.
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We are not afraid, We are not afraid, We are not afraid, TODAY
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We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day.
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This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters This land was made for you and me
As I went walking that ribbon of highway And I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts All around me a voice was a-sounding This land was made for you and me
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me Sign was painted, said, "Private Property" But on the back side, it didn't say nothing This land was made for you and me
When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling A voice come chanting as the fog was lifting This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters This land was made for you and me
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Don't you know They're talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up And get their share Poor people gonna rise up And take what's theirs
Don't you know you better run, run, run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run, run, run Oh, I said you better run, run, run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run, run, run
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution 'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh
I've been standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper
And finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh, no Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh, no Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh, no
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One man come in the name of love One man, he come and go One man comes he to justify One man to overthrow
In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love
Early evening, April four A shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love In the name of love
In the name of love In the name of love
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/// Power to the people /// [8 times]
Right on
Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And into the street
// Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on //
A million workers working for nothing
You better give them what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town
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I got to ask you comrades and brothers
How do you treat your own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can free herself
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Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’
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Sometimes in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow
But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me When you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill Those of your needs that you won't let show
You just call on me brother when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me When you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother When you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear That you can't carry
I'm right up the road I'll share your load If you just call me
Call me If you need a friend (call me) Call me (call me) If you need a friend (call me) If you ever need a friend (call me) Call me (call me) Call me (call me) Call me (call me) Call me (call me)
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There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh) A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh) Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh) Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh ooh ooh)
It's time we stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop Now, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
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Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today, yeah
Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me So you can see Oh, what's going on (What's going on) What's going on (What's going on) What's going on (What's going on) What's going on (What's going on)
Right on, baby Right on, baby Right on
Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us Simply 'cause our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understanding here today
Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Come on talk to me So you can see What's going on (What's going on) Yeah, what's going on (What's going on) Tell me what's going on (What's going on) I'll tell you, what's going on (What's going on)
Right on, baby, right on Right on, baby Right on, baby, right on
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Where have all the flowers gone Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone The girls have picked them every one
Oh when will you ever learn Oh when will you ever learn
Where have all the young girls gone Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone They've taken husbands every one
Oh when will you ever learn Oh when will you ever learn
Where have all the young men gone Long time passing Where have all the young men gone Long time ago Where have all the young men gone They're all in uniform
Oh when will we ever learn Oh when will we ever learn
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Two, one-two-three-four!
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m
All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance
Hit it C'mon, ev'rybody's talking about Ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Popeyes and bye-bye, bye-byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now Ev'rybody's talking 'bout Revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations Meditations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance
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Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love
There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say, but you can learn How to play the game It's easy
Nothing you can make that can't be made No one you can save that can't be saved Nothing you can do, but you can learn How to be you in time It's easy
All you need is love All you need is love All you need is love, love Love is all you need
Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love
All you need is love All you need is love All you need is love, love Love is all you need
Nothing you can know that isn't known Nothing you can see that isn't shown There's nowhere you can be that isn't where You're meant to be It's easy
All you need is love All you need is love All you need is love, love Love is all you need
All you need is love (all together now!) All you need is love (everybody!) All you need is love, love Love is all you need
//// Love is all you need (love is all you need) ////
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I was born by a river, oh man, in this little old tent, oh Just like this river, I've been running ever since It's been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know, a change is gotta come Ooo yes it is Oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my
It's been too hard living, oh my And I'm afraid to die I don't know what's up there Beyond the clouds
It's been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come Oh yes it is Oh my, oh my, oh my
There's a time I would go to my brother, oh my I asked my brother, "Will you help me please?", oh my oh my He turned me down and then I ask my dear mother, oh I said "Mother!" I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees"
It's been a time that I thought Lord this couldn't last for very long, oh now But somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on It's been a long, long time coming But I know a change is gonna come Oh, yes it is
Just like I said, I went to my little bitty brother, oh my little brother now I asked my brother "Brother help me please?", oh now He turned me down and then I go to my little mother, my dear mother, oh my I said "Mother!" I said "Mother! I'm down on my knees"
But there was a time that I thought Lord this couldn't last for very long, oh my Somehow I thought I was still able to try to carry on It's been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gotta come, ooo It's been so long, it's been so long, a little too long A change has gotta come So tired, so tired of standing by myself And standing up alone A change has gotta come You know and I know, and you know that I know I know that you know, honey That a change is gonna come oh yeah oh, I gotta
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Well, I won't back down No I won't back down You could stand me up at the gates of Hell But I won't back down
No I'll stand my ground Won't be turned around And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down Gonna stand my ground And I won't back down
Hey baby There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down) Hey I will stand my ground And I won't back down
Well, I know what's right I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin' me around But I'll stand my ground And I won't back down
Hey baby There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down) Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down) And I won't back down
Hey baby There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down) Hey I won't back down
Hey baby There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down) Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down) And I won't back down (I won't back down) No I won't back down
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// Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight //
Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth I know you don't know what life is really worth It's not all that glitter is gold Half the story has never been told So now you see the light, ay You stand up for your right
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Most people think great God will come from the sky Take away everything, and make everybody feel high But if you know what life is worth You would look for yours on earth And now you see the light You stand up for your right, yeah
Get up, stand up (yeah, yeah) Stand up for your right (oh-ooh) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Don't give up the fight (life is your right) Get up, stand up (so, we can't give up the fight) Stand up for your right (Lord, Lord) Get up, stand up (keep on struggling on) Don't give up the fight (yeah)
We're sick and tired of your ism and schism game Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord We know and we understand Almighty God is a living man You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light (what you gon' do?) We going to stand up for our right (yeah, yeah, yeah) So you'd better
Get up, stand up (in the morning, don't give it up) Stand up for your right (stand up right now) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (don't give it up, don't give it up) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Stand up for your right (get up, stand up) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (get up, stand up)
Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up
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One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel alright
Hear the children cryin' (One love)
Hear the children cryin' (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright"
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel alright, woah-woah-woah-woah"
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinners
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?
One love (What about the one heart?), one heart (What about the—)
Let's get together and feel alright (As it was in the beginning)
One love (So shall it be in the end), one heart (Alright)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright, one more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armagiddyon (One love)
So when the Man comes, there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grows thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation, singing
One love (What about the one heart?), one heart (What about the—)
Let's get together and feel alright (I'm pleadin' to mankind)
One love (Oh, Lord), one heart (Woah)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
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Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing, Lord, kumbaya
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Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
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Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
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Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
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Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
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Twenty-five years
And my life is still
I'm trying to get up
That great big hill of hope
For a destination
I realized quickly
When I knew I should
That the world was made up
For this brotherhood of man
Or whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling
A little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take deep breath
And I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's goin' on?
And I sing, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's going on?
And I try, oh, my God, do I try
I try all the time
In this institution
And I pray, oh, my God, do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling
A little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take deep breath
And I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's goin' on?
And I sing, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's going on?
And I say, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's goin' on?
And I sing, hey, yeah, yeah-eah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I said, hey! What's going on?
Twenty-five years
And my life is still
I'm trying to get up
That great big hill of hope
For a destination
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Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young You know I just looked around and he's gone Anybody here seen my old friend John? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young I just looked around and he's gone
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young I just looked around and he's gone Didn't you love the things that they stood for? Didn't they try to find some good for you and me? And we'll be free Some day soon, it's gonna be one day Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he's gone? I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill With Abraham, Martin, and John
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Southern man, better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man
I saw cotton and I saw black Tall white mansions and little shacks Southern man, when will you pay them back? I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? How?
Southern man, better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man
Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown I've seen your black man comin' round Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down
I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? How?
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop (na-na-na-na-na)
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them No, no, no
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop (oh-oh, na-na-na-na-na)
Hey, farmer, farmer, put away your DDT I don't care about spots on my apples Leave me the birds and the bees Please!
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise to put up a parking lot Hey, now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bop (why not?) Ooh, bop-bop-bop
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door sway And a big yellow taxi took my girl away Now, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise to put up a parking lot Why not? They paved paradise to put up a parking lot Hey, hey, hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Ooh, bop-bop-bop Ooh, bop-bop-bop
I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it? Why you wanna give it all away? Hey, hey, hey Now you wanna give it, ah, she wanna give it 'Cause she's giving it all away, now, now I don't wanna give it, why you wanna give it? Why you wanna give it all away? 'Cause you're giving it all, giving it all away, yeah, yeah
Why d'you want me? Why do you want to...? (She's giving it all away, hey, hey, hey) La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Hey, paved paradise to put up a parking lot La-la, la-la-la, na-na-na-na, na-na-na
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