ADD:Missing Woody Guthrie (Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink)

Subject: ADD: Missing Woody Guthrie (Tom Paxton/Cathy Fink)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 26 - 03:17 PM

Here's a perfect song for our time:

MISSING WOODY GUTHRIE
(Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink)

Refrain
I’ve been missing Woody Guthrie
With a pocketful of songs
Singing truth to power
Singin’ right from wrong
If this land’s really your land
And this land’s really mine
We damn sure need to show it
And you know now is the time

Now’s the time to call your senators
And tell ‘em how you feel
Remind them who they work for
Yes, Democracy is real
The struggle is a hard one
There’s lots we need to do
No one else is gonna do it
Yes, it’s up to me and you

Now’s the time to call your neighbors
And hear what they’ve got to say
It’s time we get together
Marching towards election day
There’s a lot we can agree on
In this home of the free and brave
It’s a little thing called freedom
That’s the thing we need to save
Refrain

Why spend 30 trillion
For a war that can’t be won
Lose someone else’s daughter
Lose someone else’s son
Then you send a note of deep regret
You’re very good at that
We’ve been down that road before
And we ain’t going back

Voting rights are on the skids
And gas has gone sky high
Ya can’t afford to live
But then ya can’t afford to die
Pete and Woody wrote the playbook
And we’re singing every line
Don’t forget what Woody said
This land is yours and mine

Bristow Songs, SESAC, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP
May 6, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z5IrkTgzGBM

Subject: RE: ADD:Missing Woody Guthrie (Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 08 May 26 - 04:35 PM

Sing it loud!

Charlie Ipcar