-- Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore for i stole california from the mexican land fought in the bloody civil war yes, i even killed my brothers and so many others but i ain't marching anymore
for i marched in the battles of the german trench in a war that was bound to end all wars oh, i must have killed a thousand men and now they want me back again but i ain't marching anymore
it's always the old to lead us to the wars always the young to fall now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun tell me, is it worth it all?
-- Judy Collins - Thirsty Boots then tell me of the ones you've seen as far as you could see across the plain from field to town, a-marching to be free and of the rusted prison gates that turmble by degree like laughin' children one by one they look like you and me
so take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile and maybe i can make you laugh and maybe i can try lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
-- Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had A Hammer if i had a song i'd sing it in the morning i'd sing it in the evening all over this land i'd sing out danger i'd sing out a warning i'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land
well i've got a hammer and i've got a bell and i've got a song to sing all over this land it's the hammer of justice it's the bell of freedom it's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land
-- The Back Porch Majority - That's the Way It's Gonna Be even though you say hard times knock at my door, though you say i'll never smile anymore i just imagine that i'm ten feet tall then if i try i can climb the highest wall it doesn't matter if i slip down and fall that's the way it's gonna be wait and see just you wait and see
even though you say i've reached the end of my row though you say my times are all running low it's been so long since i tried to frown that old man trouble will never get me down it's all that easy when you know where you're bound that's the way it's gonna be wait and see
-- Hozier - To Noise Making (Sing) you don't have to sing it right but who could call you wrong? to put your emptiness to melody your awful heart to song you don't have to sing it nice, but honey sing it strong at best, you'll find a little remedy at worst, the world will sing along so honey, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing sing
who could ask you be unbroken or be brave again? or, honey, hope even on this side of the grave again and who could ask you to be sound or to feel sane again? but stick around until you hear that music play again
-- The Ballroom Thieves - Can't Cheat Death ooh-ooh-ooh.. i spilled blood in the water then let the storm roll in i put my hands in the fire watched my welcome wear thin salt in my wounds and spit in my eye i burned the path you walk on and i let none survive
we are painted with the fear that if the sea recedes it never comes back but there are two things i know for sure
i will be free and you can't cheat death
-- Look Homeward - Sister Death well death is not an actor we're all watching up on a stage she is more like a sister we grow closer to with age
so lay me down before my time on the hard and dusty earth so i can feel where i come from and to where i will return
-- Joy Williams - Canary there's a madness in the cavern a darkness that can blind and when it's every man for himself no one's getting out alive
but i will not shut my eyes oh i will not fall silent canary in the mine i will, ooh honey i will, i will
sing sing
-- Hozier - Someone New there's an art to life's distraction to somehow escape the burning wait, the art of scraping through some like to imagine the dark caress of someone else; i guess any thrill will do
would things be easier if there was a right way? honey, there is no right way
and so i fall in love just a little, oh, a little bit every day with someone new
love with every stranger, the stranger the better
-- The Roches - Pretty and High the prince was confused so he asked the magician the magician arrived at the answer profound if she takes off her dress the sky will fall down cause she's pretty and high and a lie pretty and high and a lie
i work at the circus and i sleep with the clown when i took off my dress the sky fell down if the sky falls down we'll play on the ground cause i'm pretty and high and only partly a lie pretty and high and only partly a lie
-- Mimi and Richard Farina - The Falcon go build you a log cabin on a mountain so high and hear the feathered war-bird's yell as she goes screaming by she'll tease you she'll please you she'll satisfy your needs but someday she might turn around and bite the hand that feeds
your hours might be numbered your end might come someday go break her chain and free her brain and send her on her way and the falcon is a pretty bird wonders as she flies she asks us easy questions we tell her easy lies
-- Ben Howard - In Dreams always a riddle in the world she said always a riddle inside my head always a thing to wonder the way we come to be oh, it's a big old place for me, yeah it's a big old world indeed kicking my heels and wondering how i've been here so long
oh, in dreams i have watched it spin seen a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in oh, in dreams i saw aesop's kin just the carcass of a man now alone inside his skin
-- Joseph - Burn the White Flag noises closing in from all sides warning all the ways to die they say "you'd better give up you'd better give up" i say "i'll never give up, i'll never give up"
i'll be an army, no you're not gonna stop me gettin' through, ooh i'll sing a marching song and stomp through the halls louder than you, ooh i could surrender but i'd just be pretending, no i'd rather be dead than live a lie burn the white flag
-- Sara Watkins - I'm A Memory i'm a game you used to play i'm a plan that you delayed so well i'm the fire that burns in your mind
i'm a love you lost for a song i'm a voice on a green telephone i'm a day that lasted so long
i'm a dream that comes in the night i'm a face that fades with the light i'm a tear that falls out of sight
close your eyes i'm a memory
-- The Crane Wives - Tongues & Teeth abandon all your stupid dreams about the girl i could have been, my dear 'cause in the night i know you burn with feelings i cannot return, my dear oh, my dear
you gotta know that this won't last desperation will erase the fact i'm keeping all of the answers in my cigarette box yeah, the answer's in the second before the other shoe drops and if you're blind to that i am fine with that
oh, i will ruin you oh, i will ruin you it's a habit, i can't help it i know that you mean so well but i am not a vessel for your good intent
-- The Staves - Teeth White i don't know what to expect i feel a disconnect and in all my years i've never felt so young i'm not gonna break my back work until my bones crack if i'm the only one not having fun
i got my hair long and it's still wrong and i wanna know when i can stop taking it slow 'cause i've had enough
stop asking me why i won't take the things you give me i'm not gonna smile when you shake my hand and tell me you're not happy with me
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for i stole california from the mexican land
fought in the bloody civil war
yes, i even killed my brothers
and so many others
but i ain't marching anymore
for i marched in the battles of the german trench
in a war that was bound to end all wars
oh, i must have killed a thousand men
and now they want me back again
but i ain't marching anymore
it's always the old to lead us to the wars
always the young to fall
now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
tell me, is it worth it all?
-- Judy Collins - Thirsty Boots
then tell me of the ones you've seen as far as you could see
across the plain from field to town, a-marching to be free
and of the rusted prison gates that turmble by degree
like laughin' children one by one
they look like you and me
so take off your thirsty boots and stay for a while
your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
and maybe i can make you laugh and maybe i can try
lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
-- Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had A Hammer
if i had a song
i'd sing it in the morning
i'd sing it in the evening
all over this land
i'd sing out danger
i'd sing out a warning
i'd sing out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
well i've got a hammer
and i've got a bell
and i've got a song to sing
all over this land
it's the hammer of justice
it's the bell of freedom
it's a song about love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
-- The Back Porch Majority - That's the Way It's Gonna Be
even though you say hard times knock at my door,
though you say i'll never smile anymore
i just imagine that i'm ten feet tall
then if i try i can climb the highest wall
it doesn't matter if i slip down and fall
that's the way it's gonna be
wait and see
just you wait and see
even though you say i've reached the end of my row
though you say my times are all running low
it's been so long since i tried to frown
that old man trouble will never get me down
it's all that easy when you know where you're bound
that's the way it's gonna be
wait and see
-- Hozier - To Noise Making (Sing)
you don't have to sing it right
but who could call you wrong?
to put your emptiness to melody
your awful heart to song
you don't have to sing it nice, but honey sing it strong
at best, you'll find a little remedy
at worst, the world will sing along
so honey, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing sing
who could ask you
be unbroken or be brave again?
or, honey, hope even on this side of the grave again
and who could ask you to be sound or to feel sane again?
but stick around until you hear that music play again
-- The Ballroom Thieves - Can't Cheat Death
ooh-ooh-ooh..
i spilled blood in the water
then let the storm roll in
i put my hands in the fire
watched my welcome wear thin
salt in my wounds and spit in my eye
i burned the path you walk on
and i let none survive
we are painted with the fear that if
the sea recedes it never comes back
but there are two things i know for sure
i will be free
and you can't cheat death
-- Look Homeward - Sister Death
well death is not an actor
we're all watching up on a stage
she is more like a sister
we grow closer to with age
so lay me down before my time
on the hard and dusty earth
so i can feel where i come from
and to where i will return
-- Joy Williams - Canary
there's a madness in the cavern
a darkness that can blind
and when it's every man for himself
no one's getting out alive
but i will not shut my eyes
oh i will not fall silent
canary in the mine
i will, ooh honey i will, i will
sing
sing
-- Hozier - Someone New
there's an art to life's distraction
to somehow escape the burning wait, the art of scraping through
some like to imagine
the dark caress of someone else; i guess any thrill will do
would things be easier if there was a right way?
honey, there is no right way
and so i fall in love just a little, oh, a little bit
every day with someone new
love with every stranger, the stranger the better
-- The Roches - Pretty and High
the prince was confused
so he asked the magician
the magician arrived
at the answer profound
if she takes off her dress
the sky will fall down
cause she's pretty and high and a lie
pretty and high and a lie
i work at the circus
and i sleep with the clown
when i took off my dress
the sky fell down
if the sky falls down
we'll play on the ground
cause i'm pretty and high and only partly a lie
pretty and high and only partly a lie
-- Mimi and Richard Farina - The Falcon
go build you a log cabin
on a mountain so high
and hear the feathered war-bird's yell
as she goes screaming by
she'll tease you
she'll please you
she'll satisfy your needs
but someday she might turn around
and bite the hand that feeds
your hours might be numbered
your end might come someday
go break her chain and free her brain
and send her on her way
and the falcon is a pretty bird
wonders as she flies
she asks us easy questions
we tell her easy lies
-- Ben Howard - In Dreams
always a riddle in the world she said
always a riddle inside my head
always a thing to wonder the way we come to be
oh, it's a big old place for me, yeah
it's a big old world indeed
kicking my heels and wondering how i've been here so long
oh, in dreams i have watched it spin
seen a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in
oh, in dreams i saw aesop's kin
just the carcass of a man now alone inside his skin
-- Joseph - Burn the White Flag
noises closing in from all sides
warning all the ways to die
they say "you'd better give up
you'd better give up"
i say "i'll never give up, i'll never give up"
i'll be an army, no you're
not gonna stop me gettin' through, ooh
i'll sing a marching song and
stomp through the halls louder than you, ooh
i could surrender but i'd
just be pretending, no i'd
rather be dead than live a lie
burn the white flag
-- Sara Watkins - I'm A Memory
i'm a game you used to play
i'm a plan that you delayed so well
i'm the fire that burns in your mind
i'm a love you lost for a song
i'm a voice on a green telephone
i'm a day that lasted so long
i'm a dream that comes in the night
i'm a face that fades with the light
i'm a tear that falls out of sight
close your eyes i'm a memory
-- The Crane Wives - Tongues & Teeth
abandon all your stupid dreams
about the girl i could have been, my dear
'cause in the night i know you burn with feelings
i cannot return, my dear
oh, my dear
you gotta know that this won't last
desperation will erase the fact
i'm keeping all
of the answers in my cigarette box
yeah, the answer's in the second before the other shoe drops
and if you're blind to that
i am fine with that
oh, i will ruin you
oh, i will ruin you
it's a habit, i can't help it
i know that you mean so well
but i am not a vessel for your good intent
-- The Staves - Teeth White
i don't know what to expect
i feel a disconnect
and in all my years i've never felt so young
i'm not gonna break my back
work until my bones crack
if i'm the only one not having fun
i got my hair long and it's still wrong
and i wanna know
when i can stop taking it slow
'cause i've had enough
stop asking me why i won't take the things you give me
i'm not gonna smile
when you shake my hand and tell me
you're not happy with me