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Thu, 04 September 2008 05:12

arich

Really getting into it

Location: Seaofstars
Registered: August 2003
Messages: 563

I first saw Richie Havens perform live in 1968. Man that voice is still as good as ever, really one of the greats!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOfRY8ckz6o

Handouts In The Rain
Words by Richie Havens

You can talk about your neighbor
You can grab him by the collar
You can hurt him only if he hollers
"Let me go…let me go"

But we all know that’s old-fashioned
And it can only lead to pain
Where we might end up on the corner
Taking handouts in the rain

You can bomb your foreign brother
You can hurt him until he dies
You can kill him until he never asks you why
You’re on his land…you’re on his land

But we all know that’s all over
And that can only lead to blame
Where we might end up for our country
Taking handouts in the rain

You can trample on your sister
You can hurt her only if she cries
You can hurt her only if she cares
With all her heart…with all her heart

But we all know she’d be a mother
And that could only lead to shame
Where she might end up for her children
Taking handouts in the rain

Teach your children stories
You can fill them full of lies
You can make them all despise
One another…one another

But when they all find out later
And they call us by our rightful names
And send us shamefully to old age
Taking handouts in the rain
Taking handouts in the rain
Taking handouts in the rain

People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm

Had to add this one [message #52913 is a reply to message #52912]

Thu, 04 September 2008 05:26

arich

Really getting into it

Location: Seaofstars
Registered: August 2003
Messages: 563

"Nobody Left to Crown"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KjRnh-TBno

Nobody Left To Crown
Words by Richie Havens

To those of you seeking perfection
Oh Lord it’s not a long, long way to go
All you need is a bit of reflection
Just might seem like changing direction right now
Don’t go around taking up no collections
On your way down
There’s nobody left to crown

What if politicians were all good guys
Oh Lord don’t we wish they were
We would not be so dependent
On courts of laws that make us all feel like defendants sometimes
If we want freedom we’ve got to amend it
On our way down
There’s nobody left to crown

Be it ever so humble
There’s no place like home
Home…home on the range
Where the fear and the antidotes play
Where seldom is heard
An encouraging word
And our leaders do nothing all day

What if they gave an election
And nobody came to vote
The system it needs a bit of correction
Just might seem like changing direction right now
As it stands we don’t even make the selections
And to get into Heaven we even need a connection
On our way down
There’s nobody left to crown

Nobody left to crown
Nobody left to crown
Nobody left to crown
Nobody left to crown

People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm

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