Post March Sing-A-Long

This Land by Woodie Guthrie

This land is your land and this land is my land

From the California to the New York island

From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

As I went a-walkin' that ribbon of highway

I saw above me that endless skyway

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 sounding

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

The voice was 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 redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me

When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling

And the wheat fields waving, the dust clouds rolling

The voice come a-chanting and the fog was lifting

This land was made for you and me

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For What It’s Worth by Stephen Stills

There's something happening here

What it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over there

A-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

Are getting so much resistance from behind

Time we stop

Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat

A thousand people in the street

Singing songs and a-carrying signs

Mostly say hooray for our side

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 man come and take you away

We better stop

Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

We better stop

Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

We better stop now

What's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

We better stop

Children, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

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The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan

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'

And 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

The battle outside ragin'

Will 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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Revolution 1 by Paul McCartney and John Lennon

You say you want a revolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution

Well, you know

We all wanna change the world

When you talk about destruction

Don't you know that you can count me out, in?

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

You say you got a real solution

Well, you know

We'd all love to see the plan

You ask me for a contribution

Well, you know

We all doing what we can

If you want money for people with minds that hate

All I can tell is, brother, you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

You say you'll change the constitution

Well, you know

We'd all love to change your head (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

You tell me it's the institution

Well, you know

You better free your mind instead (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

If you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao

You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? (Oh, shoo-be-do-wop)

All, all, all, all (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

All, all, all, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

Alright, alright (ah, shoo-be-do-wop)

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Get Together by Chester Powers

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

Come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

Come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

Come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

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

Come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

Come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

I said, come on, people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another right now

Right now

Right now

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Turn Turn Turn by Pete Seeger

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die

A time to plant, a time to reap

A time to kill, a time to heal

A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose, under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down

A time to dance, a time to mourn

A time to cast away stones

A time to gather stones together

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate

A time of war, a time of peace

A time you may embrace

A time to refrain from embracing

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose

A time to rend, a time to sew

A time for love, a time for hate

A time for peace, I swear it's not too late

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My Back Pages by Bob Dylan

Crimson flames tied through my ears

Rollin’ high and mighty traps

Pounced with fire on flaming roads

Using ideas as my maps

“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I

Proud ’neath heated brow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth

“Rip down all hate,” I screamed

Lies that life is black and white

Spoke from my skull. I dreamed

Romantic facts of musketeers

Foundationed deep, somehow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

Girls’ faces formed the forward path

From phony jealousy

To memorizing politics

Of ancient history

Flung down by corpse evangelists

Unthought of, though, somehow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

A self-ordained professor’s tongue

Too serious to fool

Spouted out that liberty

Is just equality in school

“Equality,” I spoke the word

As if a wedding vow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand

At the mongrel dogs who teach

Fearing not that I’d become my enemy

In the instant that I preach

My pathway led by confusion boats

Mutiny from stern to bow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats

Too noble to neglect

Deceived me into thinking

I had something to protect

Good and bad, I define these terms

Quite clear, no doubt, somehow

Ah, but I was so much older then

I’m younger than that now

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We Can Work it Out by Paul McCartney and John Lennon

Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may not last long.

We can work it out.
We can work it out.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say goodnight.

We can work it out.
We can work it out.

Life is very short, and there's no time,
For fussing and fighting, my friend,
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong,
While you see your way,
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long.

We can work it out.
We can work it out.

Life is very short, and there's no time,
For fussing and fighting, my friend,
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong,
While you see it your way,
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long.

We can work it out.
We can work it out.