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Thread #163710 Message #3908918
Posted By: lefthanded guitar
02-Mar-18 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: Songs about telling the truth
Subject: RE: Songs about telling the truth
I think at least half of the Bob Dylan songbook has to do with truth and confronting liars in one way or another. Positively 4th Street and Like A Rolling Stone may be considered too searing for a service, but others I can suggest are: My Back Pages. (Dylan anniversary concert on YouTube.)
Dark Eyes (Judy Collins version on YouTube)
And in a sense the 'protest songs' unearth truth in a storyline or metaphor: Blowing in the Wind Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll When the Ship Comes In The Times They are a Changing
On the lighter side, not folk at all , but usually sung with a smile and a wink: It's A Sin To Tell a Lie