"Just Another Poor Boy Off to Fight a Rich Man's War...."

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Steve Earle -

'Rich Man's War'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bCVoMCeYY

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

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1. Emmylou Harris: Steve Earle: Willie Nelson: Townes Van Zandt Tribute show

From ACL Townes Van Zandt Tribute show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5fZbQL_S8&feature=related

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2. F the CC

F the CC

By Steve Earle

Steve Earle singing 'F the CC' at the Operation Ceasefire Concert in Washington DC on 9/24/2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af5SahC1DE&feature=related

I used to listen to the radio
And I don’t guess they’re listenin’ to me no more
They talk too much but that’s okay
I don’t understand a single word they say
Piss and moan about the immigrants
But don’t say nothin’ about the president
A democracy don’t work that way
I can say anything I wanna say

So fuck the FCC
Fuck the FBI
Fuck the CIA
Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA

People tell me that I’m paranoid
And I admit I’m gettin’ pretty nervous, boy
It just gets tougher everyday
To sit around and watch it while it slips away
Been called a traitor and a patriot
Call me anything you want to but
Just don’t forget your history
Dirty Lenny died so we could all be free

Cmon Say it!

F-U-C-K!

Fuck the FCC!!
Fuck the FBI!
Fuck the CIA!

Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA!

Fuck the FCC!!
Fuck the FBI!
Fuck the CIA!

I'm Livin’ in the motherfuckin’ USA!

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION/LETTER TO THE FCC and CONGRESS!!
http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter

Merry Holidays!!

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3. 'WARRIOR' ~ ( you have to listen to these lyrics in song!....)

'WARRIOR'

Artist: Steve Earle

http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/Warrior.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6W5M5P1YZ4

This is the best time of the day—the dawn
The final cleansing breath unsullied yet
By acrid fume or death’s cacophony
The rank refuse of unchained ambition
And pray, deny me not but know me now,
Your faithful retainer stands resolute
To serve his liege lord without recompense
Perchance to fall and perish namelessly
No flag-draped bier or muffled drum to set
The cadence for a final dress parade
But it was not always thus—remember?
Once you worshipped me and named me a god
In many tongues and made offering lest
I exact too terrible a tribute

Take heed for I am weary, ancient
And decrepit now and my time grows short
There are no honorable frays to join

Only mean death dealt out in dibs and dabs
Or horror unleashed from across oceans
Assail me not with noble policy
For I care not at all for platitude
And surrender such tedious detail
To greater minds than mine and nimbler tongues
Singular in their purpose and resolve
And presuming to speak for everyman

Oh, for another time, a distant field
And there a mortal warrior’s lonely grave
But duty charges me remain until
The end the last battle of the last war
Until that ‘morrow render unto me
That which is mine my stipend well deserved
The fairest flower of your progeny
Your sons, your daughters your hopes and your dreams
The cruel consequence of your conceit...

http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/Warrior.html

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4. 'So what you doin' standin' around?' ~ "The revolution starts now"!!

'The Revolution Starts Now'

Artist: Steve Earle
http://www.kovideo.net/lyrics/s/Steve-Earle/The-Revolution-Starts-Now.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8ZUaLACZ8

I was walkin' down the street
In the town where I was born
I was movin' to a beat
That I'd never felt before
So I opened up my eyes
And I took a look around
I saw it written 'cross the sky
The revolution starts now

Yeah, the revolution starts now

The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now

Yeah the revolution starts now

Yeah the revolution starts now
In your own backyard
In your own hometown
So what you doin' standin' around?
Just follow your heart

The revolution starts now

Last night I had a dream
That the world had turned around
And all our hopes had come to be
And the people gathered 'round
They all brought what they could bring
And nobody went without
And I learned a song to sing and

The revolution starts now

Yeah the revolution starts now
In your own backyard
In your own hometown
So what you doin' standin' around?
Just follow your heart

The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear

The revolution starts now!!!!

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5. Joan Baez & Steve Earle ~ 'Christmas In Washington'

'Christmas In Washington'

By Steve Earle & Joan Baez

Joan Baez & Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmb9DcterR0

It's Christmastime in Washington
The Democrats rehearsed
Gettin' into gear for four more years
Things not gettin' worse
The Republicans drink whiskey neat
And thanked their lucky stars
They said, 'He cannot seek another term
They'll be no more FDRs'

I sat home in Tennessee
Staring at the screen
With an uneasy feeling in my chest
And I'm wonderin' what it means

Chorus:

So come back Woody Guthrie
Come back to us now
Tear your eyes from paradise
And rise again somehow
If you run into Jesus
Maybe he can help you out
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now

I followed in your footsteps once
Back in my travelin' days
Somewhere I failed to find your trail
Now I'm stumblin' through the haze
But there's killers on the highway now
And a man can't get around
So I sold my soul for wheels that roll
Now I'm stuck here in this town

Chorus

There's foxes in the hen house
Cows out in the corn
The unions have been busted
Their proud red banners torn
To listen to the radio
You'd think that all was well
But you and me and Cisco know
It's going straight to hell

So come back, Emma Goldman
Rise up, old Joe Hill
The barracades are goin' up
They cannot break our will
Come back to us, Malcolm X
And Martin Luther King
We're marching into Selma
As the bells of freedom ring

Chorus

There's foxes in the hen house
Cows out in the corn
The unions have been busted
Their proud red banners torn
To listen to the radio
You'd think that all was well
But you and me and Cisco know
It's going straight to hell

Come back Woody Guthrie to us now...

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6. Joan Baez - Oh, Freedom (Live 1966)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcNN5SEb-Kg&feature=related

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7. 'Blowing in the wind' ~ Bob Dylan & Joan Baez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f01UehWq3v8&feature=related

*bow* *bow*

:woohoo:

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8. ' It Ain't Me, Babe' ~ Joan Baez ~ (Live 1965) ~ Dedicated to all the married people

'It Ain't Me, Babe' ~ Joan Baez (Live 1965)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cmNRVL1drA