[BCmommy]

Any fellow peace march people here that have any fave songs they want to share. I always love to add more to my collection. I really like this one, by Donovan: http://www.lyricsdomain.com/4/donova...l_soldier.html

He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.

He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.

And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.

And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide,
Who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.

But without him,
How would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone,
He's the one who gives his body
As a weapon of the war,
And without him all this killing can't go on.

He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put the end to war.

 

[merpk]

Bob Dylan. "Masters of War."

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.

Ouch.

 

[Shonahsmom]

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on - Uh
Right on baby
Right on baby

 

[Shonahsmom]

Here's a very powerful song he wrote:

SEPTEMBER 12TH
two autumns and I haven't changed enough.
it's september 12th and the sky has fallen. the sun has risen.
a city built to phallic dimensions has undergone circumcision (eight days
under judaic law).
dear diary, I'm fiery. divine winds my friend took me back to the beginning
when i swore it was the end.
from the fiery depths found the ocean within.
my pen/man/ship sails the strait through my lips.
i'm hip to your games, hip to the science of war.
propaganda makes me fight but what am I fighting for?
my way of life: beans and rice, give or take less or more
see through the eyes of the poor. plus, i'm black to the core.
ignorance is on tour booking stadiums and more.
the days of hitler painted pictures patriotic with gore.
you raise a flag on a land snatched from bald eagle's claw and stamp the
symbol on your currency to finance your war i'm saying
NO, NOT IN MY NAME, NOT IN MY LIFE, NOT BY MY HANDS, THAT AIN'T MY FIGHT,
NOT IN MY NAME
YOU FIGHT A WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS AND VIOLENCE AND TRY TO WAVE YOUR GUNS TO
FEAR US ALL INTO SILENCE.
NO.....
YOU BUILT YOUR EMPIRE WITH NATIVES AND SLAVES LIKE THE TRUTH WON'T
RESURRECT WAGING WAR FROM ITS GRAVE.
we got brothers on the sidelines ready for the frontline.
tell me when it's my time
we got women on the sidelines ready for the frontline.
tell me when it's my time.
You won't put it in your headlines. people are we that blind?
do we need a headline? do we really?
if we only see what they want us to see we'll only be what they want us to
be: fighting in their army!

we pledge resistance
chorus
forward march!!
they're closing in....
it's not about opposing armies. armies oppose the ancient truths of the
shamans ands swamis.
it's not about retaliation your history of war does nothing more than scar
imagination.increased security. religious purity.
your blindfolded justice makes you trust in fortuity.
like it's random. it's tandom. fuck you and damn them. you teach to attack
and then question who planned them.
you want to put me on your blacklist you can use my blood for ink
your communion to drink
in remembrance of a nation that forgot how to think
hypnotized by your lies without even a blink.
you want to put me in your blacklist....
in remembrance of the all eye seeing Big Brother
RIP to the powers that be
overcome by the power of being

 

[TiredX2]

Does "One Tin Soldier" count? I've always loved it

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.

 

[Joyce in the mts.]

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
The girls have picked them ev'ry one.
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the young girls gone?
They've taken husbands, every one.
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the young men gone?
They're all in uniform.
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
They've gone to graveyards, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the graveyards gone?
They're covered with flowers, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Gosh I love Pete Seeger....this and "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"

And now I am also thinking about Peter, Paul and Mary singing "The Great Mandala".

Now my eyes are welling up with tears, so I will just stop here.

Joyce in the mts.

 

[sadie_sabot]

David Rovics has so many anti-war songs that it was hard to choose which to post here. I chose this one because when I heard it on Democracy Now! a couple of years ago it made me cry.

http://www.davidrovics.com/

The Dying Firefighter
by David Rovics

I saw the plane hit the building
The flames and the billowing smoke
I saw the glass, paper, metal and stone
Everything shattered and broke
I was there with my people
Engine Company 24
We rushed into the building
Got as far as the 35th floor

The black smoke and the heat was like nothing
I'd seen in all of my years
With each step in that blazing inferno
You could feel destiny near
In the midst of the falling girders
The sheet rock and God knows what else
I tried to find the survivors
Those who made it to the stairwells

I carried the wounded to safety
If that's what you might call the street
With bodies and boulders and metal
All crashing down by your feet
As #2 was collapsing
When only ten floors still stood
Everything was falling around me
Like it was made out of cardboard and wood

It was just then I heard someone
Trapped underneath the debris
I started pulling at something
And that's when the fire got me
I was pinned 'neath the rubble
And the flames were licking my coat
And the pain, the unbearable agony
And then that was all that she wrote

But I just wish I could tell you
Before I am taken away
That I've seen a lot of this world
And there's something that I gotta say
I don't believe in politics
I believe in the human race
I believe in the goodness of people
In New York or some far-away place

I believe in my daughter
And I believe in my wife
And may nobody's father be taken
To avenge the loss of my life
People may call me a brave man
And this may very well be
But the firefighters of Kabul
Are just as brave men as me

 

[sadie_sabot]

ps, shonahsmom, I love Saul Williams. he is awesome.

 

[Shonahsmom]

P.S. Sadie, I love Dave Rovics. I actually knew him for a little while like ten years ago when he was playing with Aunt Betsy.

 

[BCmommy]

Oh great songs!!! Now I have some tunes to look for!

 

[sohj]

BCmommy, Universal Soldier was actually written by Buffy Sainte Marie. She does a great version of it on a recent album Up Where We Belong .

Just heard a sort-of anti-war song by John Mellencamp on the album Trouble No More: "To Washington". Haven't written the lyrics down.

Probably my all time favorite anti-war music is the Eroica Symphony by Beethoven. He dedicated it to Napoleon when he first promised peace and then removed the dedication when there wasn't peace. Nice piece of music. But, you can't sing it at a rally.

 

[merpk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sohj Probably my all time favorite anti-war music is the Eroica Symphony by Beethoven. He dedicated it to Napoleon when he first promised peace and then removed the dedication when there wasn't peace. Nice piece of music. But, you can't sing it at a rally.

:LOL

Thanks for that background ... never it before ...

:LOL

 

[BCmommy]

Thanks for the info Sohj. I will track down that version.

 

[fyrflymommy]

war
what is it good for?
absolutely nothing