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Thread #14659   Message #3858208
Posted By: Greg F.
31-May-17 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Eric Anderson/Andersen songs
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Eric Anderson/Andersen songs
Joe-

The lyrics you've posted at 31 May 17 - 04:32 PM are the "correct" ones from his recording, with the exception of

The morning in your EYES.

And of the RUSTY prison gates

they LOOKED like you and me.

I'd 86 the "version" in the DigiTrad.

A case can also be made that this was ALWAYS written about Phil Ochs- who WAS a "civil rights worker". "Hills of West Virginia" was about a tip Anderson & Ochs took.

Best,

Greg

P.S. - you could ask Eric; he's still with us, god bless him.