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Thread #139569   Message #3202735
Posted By: ClaireBear
06-Aug-11 - 01:08 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Ken Graydon, Oct 30, 1933-July 30, 2011
Subject: Lyr Add: It's Time to Start Singing Again
It doesn't appear that "It's Time to Start Singing Again" has made it into the forum or DT, so I thought I'd refresh this thread with one of Ken's songs (copied from his website, where there are also guitar chords) that seems especially appropriate to our community:

IT'S TIME TO START SINGING AGAIN
Words and music by Ken Graydon

He wrote songs in the sixties that prodded the conscience of the nation
And the words that he chose to use mirrored our own indignation
And some called him Bobby and some called him Phil
Or Richard or Johnny or Len.
Now the voices have changed but the message sounds clear.
It's time to start singing again.

(Chorus)
    So give me your words. Tell me what's on your mind.
    Show me what needs to be shown.
    Come raise up your voices and pour out your song.
    Let me know I'm not singing alone.

From Selma to Birmingham, Chicago, New York and Seattle,
He sang us the news and the hopes and he fears of the battle
'Till it blew in the wind and it hammered and rang
And the whole land was singing and then
It shimmered and echoed and faded away.
Now it's time to start singing again.

Now the years have gone 'round and the circle's come full in its turning
And it's time to be heard while liberty's torch is still burning
For there's power in music that can't be denied
And it comes 'round again and again
But no one can listen if nobody sings
So come and start singing again.