Post an injustice song.

[Ptah]

Hurricane - Bob Dylan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EotM7FH8uQg

Put in a prison cell,
but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

[Orrex]

1. Me and a Gun

From Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, of course.

Does that count?

[MountainLaurel]

10. I think so

Great but brutal song.

[mcctatas]

2. Well duh....

Johnny Cash
Man in Black

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfI9B8e9tW4

[amerikat]

4. We both came up with Johnny Cash

Interesting.

[Ptah]

6. Exactly what I'm looking for.

Thank you.

[amerikat]

3. Ira Hayes

couldn't find the Dylan version. Johnny cash works too.


http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1T4WDIA_en___US245&q=ira%20hayes&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#

[Ptah]

5. That's powerful.

Thank you.

[amerikat]

7. you're welcome(NT)

[newmajority]

8. I shot the Sherrif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrnZSLwfzVs

(I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
Yeah! All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

Oh, now, now. Oh!
(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And they say it is a capital offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow -
He said kill them before they grow.
And so:

Read it in the news:
(I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shot the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down,
So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say:
If I am guilty I will pay.

(I shot the sheriff,)
But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy),
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
(I shot the sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)

Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
I say:

I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot the sheriff) -
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!

[Ptah]

13. Ya mon!

:thumbsup:

[amerikat]

9. And then there is "Sam Stone" by John Prine

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1T4WDIA_en___US245&q=ira%20hayes&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sam%20stone&hl=en&sitesearch=

[mcctatas]

11. I was just listening to that....

Weird!!!

[amerikat]

14. It's one of those songs you can never forget

especially now with all the wounded coming home.

[LeftyFingerPop]

12. Fantastic. Thnaks for posting this. n/t

[Ptah]

15. But wait, there's more.

Watch this space!!

[amerikat]

16. Cold Water,,,,Tom Waits

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2294146580149160045&q=tom%20waits&hl=en

[Lil Missy]

17. One Tin Soldier.

[amerikat]

18. post lyrics

please

[Ptah]

19. One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)

One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)
by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

[Lil Missy]

23. Thank you. I should have posted the lyrics myself.

I was just being an old fart with a "senior moment" and just assumed everyone here should know this song.


:hi:

[amerikat]

21. I have another one

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2294146580149160045&q=tom%20waits&hl=en

[amerikat]

20. Every protest song is about injustice

I have about a million of those songs.

[Ptah]

22. I'd like to know one from that list.

:hand to ear:

[amerikat]

24. Go to your local folk music venue

you will be amazed. America is slow to anger(fortunately), but is very versatile and adaptable. We shall overcome all the bush bullshit.

thanks for your post!

[Ptah]

25. You have a million, but you won't share one?

[amerikat]

26. I will share one more..then I need to get some sleep

I couldn't find a video, but I will leave you with some lyrics.

I used to get scared when the planes went by
I thought a russian bomb would drop out of the sky
thought i'd fight and die and go to heaven but i've
learned some things since then

Like no one really knows what's 2+2
you can't always trust The Man in Blue
you may think the work gone mad
but baby they think it's you

Every candy store on the block sells crack
every supreme court ruling is 3 steps back
here's acid rain in the drinking water,
but the goldfish they don't talk back

This song is for Phil Oaks
who hung himself with a length of rope
he took his job seriously,
he weren't no 9 to 5 folk singer.
like the ones on MTV
that's what Kirk Kelly said to me
on the corner of Clinton and Houston Street where

Every candy store on the block sells crack
every supreme court ruling is 3 steps back
here's acid rain in the drinking water,
but the goldfish they don't talk back

I went down to the laundry mat
there's a woman with a face like a Siamese cat
trying to wash her only clothes, the clothes on her back
she's in a St. Vincent's wheelchair,
but it look like St. Vincent doesn't care
she's a 60lb skeleton in underwear

Mr. president
the nation doesn't look secure
are you sure what you spent
all our money for?

There's a great big hole
where the sky used to be
and there's an asshole
on my TV who says
"Act now you get nine issues free
Plus an issue of women with an eating disease"

Every candy store on the block sells crack
every supreme court ruling is 3 steps back
there's acid rain in the drinking water,
but the goldfish they don't talk back

....let's not be goldfish now.
< Goldfish Don't Talk Back Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ >

lyrics by Brena Kahn. I forget the name of the record. Email me and I will try to get you a copy.

peace and good night, and thanks for your post.


edit for spelling

[taterguy]

27. Is there anything more unjust than not getting your black t-shirt back?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URz1qJ3aC4M