Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?

Subject: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 06:17 AM

Words Lorcan Otway Tune, for now, Mandella by Hannon?

Marching with King

I marched with King in Selma, so I'm getting on in years
But I still recall the hopes we had in spite of all our fears
I still can hear the barking dogs and often in the night
I recall how we gently marched when we justified to fight

We marched for voting rights and so others would be free
While some kept from basic rights, who could live comfortably
We faced the southern sheriffs and the banal Ku Klux Klan
to carry the light of human right to each corner of the land

Then the Viet Nam war began and we were marching as before
While tens of thousand lives were lost we walk to end a war
And many vets marched with us and were welcomed home again
while the government who sent them off ignored their cries of pain

And now the government is marching us again to war
and people are gathering to march just as before
but Bloomberg and Judge Barbara Jones conspired in this night
To stop Americans marching and destroy this sacred right

General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave the world the Ku Klux Klan
Sheriff Clark and Governor Maddox kept slave chains in this land
And now to this list of shame two more names must appear
Mayor Bloomberg and Judge Jones who've sold their nation out to fear

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 06:24 AM

I recall how we gently marched when we justified to fight
- should read-
when we were justtified to fight...
sorry Larry

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 07:42 AM

The tweeked verson after recording...
Words Lorcan Otway Tune, for now, Mandella by Hannon?

Marching with King

I marched with King in Selma, so I'm getting on in years
But I still recall the hopes we had in spite of all our fears
I still can hear the barking dogs and often in the night
I recall how we gently marched when justified to fight

We marched for voting rights and so that others would be free
While some were kept from basic rights, who could live comfortably
We faced the southern sheriffs and the banal Ku Klux Klan
to carry the light of human right to each corner of the land

Then the Viet Nam war began and we were marching as before
While tens of thousand lives were lost we walk to end a war
And many vets marched with us and were welcomed home again
while the government who sent them off ignored their cries of pain

And now the government is marching us off again to war
and people they are gathering to march just as before
but Bloomberg and Judge Barbara Jones conspired in this night
To stop Americans marching and destroy this sacred right

General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave the world the Ku Klux Klan
Sheriff Clark and Governor Maddox would keep slave chains in this land
And now to this list of shame two more names must appear
Mayor Bloomberg and Judge Jones who've sold their nation out to fear

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 01:16 PM

Latest corrections... wrote it around 4am, recorded it from 7 - 11 it was on the raidio on WBAI by noon... Bernard White says he likes it, will play it through the week!
Cheers Larry

Words Lorcan Otway Tune, for now, Mandella by Hannon?

Walking with King

I walked with King in Selma, so I'm getting on in years
But I still recall the hopes we had in spite of all our fears
I still can hear the barking dogs and often in the night
I recall how we gently walked when justified to fight

We walked for voting rights and so that others would be free
While some were kept from basic rights, who could live peacably
We faced the southern sheriffs and the banal Ku Klux Klan
to carry the light of human right to each corner of the land

Then the Viet Nam war began and we were walking as before
While tens of thousand lives were lost we'd walk to end a war
And many vets walked with us and were welcomed home again
while the government who sent them off ignored their cries of pain

And now the government is marching us off again to war
and people they are gathering to walk just as before
but Bloomberg and Judge Barbara Jones conspired in this night
To stop Americans walking and destroy this sacred right

General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave the world the Ku Klux Klan
Sheriff Clark and Governor Maddox would keep slave chains in this land
And now to this list of shame two more names must appear
Mayor Bloomberg and Judge Jones who've sold their nation out to fear

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 07:39 PM

New last verce... kinda like singing in an empty hall... hmmmmmmmm....

No judge can use fear to stop a people who'd be free
The people have the right to walk in the face of tyrony
In Selma Alabama or in Tianmin Suaire
The steps of many people will drown out a judges fear

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 08:11 PM

Yeah, the Justice Department sent in their guys
With all their right wing three piece lies
Told the warriors of freedom they'd have to stand down
But like in Selma, them three piece lawyers were merely clowns

Bobert

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 08:38 PM

Thanks Bobert, i felt like I was walking down the street talking to myself... Cheers Larry

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 08:51 PM

When you're on the side of peace and justice, Larry, you're never alone...

Bobert

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: InOBU
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 09:16 PM

Maybe this needs a better thread title... Cheers Larry HEY ! LOOK Jill Sobel is on WEST WING!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 09:39 PM

Good song, and it sounds good. Thanks Larry!

And Bobert - remember there are some decent lawyers around as well, even in New York.

Maybe you should have headed it "Is this a folk song?" Or "Irish gun control?" might have brought 'em running as well.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Needs Dr. M.L.King Jr.?
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Feb 03 - 09:45 PM

McGratth: Not on Johnny Ashcroft's Justice Department. The good one's ran like some one had just set off a radiation device.

But, yeah, your right. I have lots of freinds who also happen to be cool and.... lawyers.

But point well taken.

Bobert