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27 Aug 16 - 04:04 AM (#3806996) Subject: Lyr Add: Voices from the Mountains (Ruthie Gorton From: Joe Offer I'm trying to research all the songs in the Rise Up Singing Songbook. Here's another: VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS (Ruthie Gorton) You'd better listen to the voices from the mountains Tryin' to tell you what you just might need to know 'Cause the empire's days are numbered if you're countin' And the people just get stronger blow by blow You'd better listen when they talk about strip mining Gonna turn the rollin' hills to acid clay If you're preachin' all about that silver lining You'll be talkin' till the hills are stripped away You'd better listen to the cries of the dyin' miners Better feel the pain of their children and their wives We gotta stand and fight together for survival And it's bound to mean a change in all our lives In explosions or from Black Lung they'll be dyin' And the operator's guilty of this crime But the killin' won't be stopped by all your cryin' We gotta fight for what we need, let's seize the time You'd better listen to the voices from the mountains Tryin' to tell you what you just might need to know 'Cause the empire's days are numbered if you're countin' And the people just get stronger blow by blow Words and music by Ruthie Gorton, who is a singer and songwriter from California. Most of her songs deal with contemporary social issues and problems. ©1971, Rutthy Taubb The songwriter is now known as Ryutthy Taubb Source: Sing Out! Magazine, Volume 24, #2, 1975, page 9 |