ADD: Written in the mind of man(Song for Ellsberg)

Subject: Lyr Add: Written in the mind of man (Ellsberg)
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Jul 23 - 08:41 AM

https://youtu.be/iG8DP-JW4vc


"This country comes from the hearts of man / Stood out from the crowd / And the time has come again for good men to speak out / There was a man from behind closed doors who shared a secret truth / When he couldn't stand it anymore he told everything he knew / And the people on the streets, in the cities, in the towns, all across this mighty land / Woke up from a dream when the word came down and began to understood / What happens to the men with the power when the man with the vote's asleep / And the leaders could be telling us wrong... / And the government felt betrayed / He broke the law they say / I say he upheld the law written in the mind of man / That the truth must find a way / And never forget the day / The day that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand / They said if I go to prison, then that's the price I pay / I've heard that decision made more and more these days / It's the old story of sneaking about what people know inside / They don't like come face to face with things they're trying to hide / And the government felt betrayed / He broke the law they say / I say he upheld the law written in the mind of man / That the truth must find a way / And never forget the day / The day that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand..."

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Written in the mind of man (Ellsberg)
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 03 Jul 23 - 10:12 AM

great idea for a poem
who wrote this?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Written in the mind of man (Ellsberg)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Jul 23 - 11:56 AM

Written and recorded by James Stein. YouTube link in the first post.


And from https://rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrummer/vietnam-war-song-project/4/:

James Stein
Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg) / And Search Your Soul (1971) [Single]

Obscure singer/songwriter James Stein released the song "Written on the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg" (Diogenes Productions # DRS-101) - no further biographical details known about this artist, or location of the recording. The lyrics looked at the government position: "the government felt betrayed, he broke the law they say". However, the narrator praised Ellsberg, because "the truth must find a way", and that we should "never forget the day... that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand".