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5. Graham Nash, Prison Song
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 09:46 PM
Nov 2017


One day a friend took me aside
And said I have to leave you
For buying something from a friend
They say I've done wrong
For protecting the name of a man
They say I'll have to leave you,
So now I'm bidding you farewell
For much too long.
And here's a song to sing,
For every man inside,
If he can hear you sing
It's an open door.
There's not a rich man there,
Who couldn't pay his way
And buy the freedom that's a high price
For the poor.

Kids in Texas
Smoking grass,
Ten year sentence
Comes to pass
Misdemeanor
In Ann Arbor,
Ask the judges
Why?

One day a friend said to her kids
I'm gonna have to leave you
For selling something to the man
I guess I did wrong
And although I did the best I could
I'm gonna have to leave you
So now I'm kissing you farewell
For much too long.
And here's a song to sing,
For every man inside
If he can hear you sing
It's an open door.
There's not a rich man there
Who couldn't pay his way
And buy the freedom that's a high price
For the poor
Not ready to make nice tulipsandroses Nov 2017 #1
Fight the power! tulipsandroses Nov 2017 #2
My angry protest playlist is all RAtM HuskyOffset Nov 2017 #3
I kind of like this one especially how she goes strong at the end JonLP24 Nov 2017 #4
Graham Nash, Prison Song japple Nov 2017 #5
This has been my anthem since Trump took office: johnp3907 Nov 2017 #6
War tulipsandroses Nov 2017 #7
Here's a quiet, strong anthem from the sixties that even still promises hope... FailureToCommunicate Nov 2017 #8
oldies, but i love them. barbtries Nov 2017 #9
Wow...Eve of Destruction says it all. I had forgotten about that song. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #10
Sunshine Johathan Edwards stevebreeze Nov 2017 #14
Todd Snider Conservative Christian stevebreeze Nov 2017 #11
Broke Todd Snider stevebreeze Nov 2017 #12
A Change Gonna Come Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #13
About 25% of my albums are protest albums. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #15
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