There But For Fortune

Joan Baez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6omDSxTCXE

Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you or I

Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you or I

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you or I

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
There but for fortune go you and I
You and I

Blowin' In The Wind

Peter, Paul And Mary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGV9OldTyg

How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Under The Same Sun

Scorpions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74O72_ltLFA

I saw the morning
It was shattered by a gun
Heard a scream, saw him fall
No one cried

I saw a mother
She was praying for her son
Bring him back, let him live
Don't let him die

Do you ever ask yourself
There's a heaven in the sky
Why can't we get it right?

Cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon, yeah
Then why, why
Can't we live as one?

I saw the evening
Fading shadows one by one
Watch the lamb, lay down to
The sacrifice

I saw the children
Children of the sun
How they wept
How they bled
How they died

Do you ever ask yourself
Is there a heaven in the sky?
Why can't we stop the fight?

Cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon, yeah
Then why, why
Can't we live as one?

Sometimes I think I'm going mad
We're loosing all we had
And no one seems to care
Around, around
But in my heart it doesn't change
We've got to rearrange
And bring our world some love
Yeah, yeah

And does it really matter
There's a heaven up above
We sure could use some love

Cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon, yeah
Then why, why
Can't we live as one?

Cause we all live under the same sky
We all look up at the same stars, yeah
We all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon, yeah
Then why, tell me why
Can't we live as one?

Forgotten Years

Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9eap_cKLP4

Few of the sins of the father
Are visited upon the son
Hearts have been hard
Hands have been clenched
Into a fist too long
Our sons need never be soldiers
Our daughters will never need guns

These are the years between
These are the years that were hard fought and won
Contracts torn at the edges
Old signatures stained with tears
Seasons of war and peace
These should not be forgotten years

Still it aches like tetanus
It reeks of politics
How many dreams remain?
This is a feeling too strong to contain

The hardest years
The darkest years
The roarin' years
The fallen years
These should not be forgotten years

The hardest years
The wildest years
The desperate
And divided years
We will remember
These should not be forgotten years

Our shoreline was never invaded
Our country was never in flames
This is the calm we breathe
This is a feeling too strong to contain

Still it aches like tetanus
It reeks of politics
Signatures stained with tears
Who can remember?
We've got to remember

The hardest years
The darkest years
The roarin' years
The fallen years
These should not be forgotten years

The hardest years
The wildest years
The desperate
And divided years
We will remember
These should not be forgotten years

I said it's the hardest years
The darkest years
The roarin' years
The fallen years
These should not be forgotten years

The hardest years
The wildest years
The desperate
And divided years
We will remember
These should not be forgotten years

Forsaking
Aching
Breaking years
The time and tested heartbreak years

The blinded years
The blinded years
The desperate
And divided years
These should not be forgotten years
Should not be forgotten years
Remember

I Fought In A War

Belle And Sebastian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3VYH5QfiM

I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn't very long
Before I would stand with another boy in front of me
And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round

And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while

I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn't very long
Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me
Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before

I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on
And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while

I fought in a war, I didn't know where it would end
It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn't really think
Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal
There's trouble plenty in this hour, this day
I can see hope I can see light

I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on
I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while

Stop The War Now

Edwin Starr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FicIouLO1M4

All right, yeah
Make the sound of peace
And sing now

Stop the war
Ow
Now
Everybody
Don't put it off another day
Make your voices roar

Stop the war
Ow
Now
Just like thunder, y'all
Don't put it off
Hey, another day
Sing a song now

Stop the war
Ow
Now
Listen to me, y'all
Don't put it off
Ow, another day
Listen to me

A knock on the door
There's a letter from the war
Sayin', greetings, we want you
If I refuse to fight
They say that that ain't right
And time you'll have to do

Somebody please tell me
What is war all about
And why must I kill against my will
I just can't figure it out

Oh, stop the war now
Good God, hear me saying
Don't put it off another day
Everybody saying

Stop the war now
Now, now, now, now
Don't put it off another day
All we got to do is listen

Give peace a chance
Don't throw another life away
Listen to me now

This is bout all the soldiers
That are dead and gone today
If you asked them to fight again
Huh, what do you think they'd say

I'm not trying to be funny
I'm just trying to get my point across
War is world's enemy number one
And it's time that we called it off

Ow, stop the war, now
Good God, hear me saying
Don't put it off another day
Everybody singing

Stop the war
Ow
Now, now, now, now
Don't put it off another day
All we got to do is, Lord

Give peace a chance
And don't, don't throw
Another life away, oh

War casualties pile up each day
Cemeteries are overflowing
The leaders of the world claim victory's near
But the death list keeps right on growing

And what does a mother get in return
For the life of the son she's lost
A few measly pennies a month
A medal, a grave and a doggone cross

I said, stop the war now
Good God, hear me saying
Don't put it off another day
Everybody sing

Stop the war, now
Now, now, now, now
Don't put it off another day
Why can't we just

Give peace a chance
Please don't throw another life away
Can't you see

Enough blood's been she'd
By the wounded and the dead
Enough blood's been she'd
By the wounded and the dead, ohh

Enough blood's been she'd
By the wounded and the dead, ohh

Stop the war
Listen
Now
Good God, everybody
Don't put it off
Ow
Not another day now

Stop the war
Ow
Now, now, now, now
Don't put it off
Ow, another day
This is a message to the
Leaders of the world

Give peace a chance
Oh, let's make
Tomorrow a brighter day
Stand up

Nuclear

Mike Oldfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08TW2LIvgHI

Standing on the edge of the crater
Like the prophets once said
And the ashes are all cold now
No more bullets and the embers are dead
Whispers in the air tell the tales of the brothers gone
Desolation, devastation
What a mess we made, when it all went wrong

Watching from the edge of the circus
For the games to begin
Gladiators draw their swords
Form their ranks for armageddon

I'm nuclear, I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

Standing on the edge of the underworld
Looking at the abyss
And I'm hoping for some miracle
To breakout to escape from all this
Whispers in the air tell the tale
Of a life that's gone
Desolation, devastation
What a mess we made, when it all went wrong

I'm nuclear, I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

I'm nuclear, I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

Deep inside
The abandoned child

Atomic Garden

Bad Religion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH1Mz_i7UsE

Everybody wants to dance in a playpen
But nobody wants to play in my garden
I see the hippies on an angry line
Guess they don't get my meaning

I'm enchanted by the birds and the blossoms
I'm enamored by young lovers on the weekend
I like the Fourth of July
When bombs start flashing

And I wish I had a shiny red top
A bugle with a big brass bell would cheer me up
Or maybe something bigger that could really go pop
So I could make the gardening stop

Come out to play
Come out to play
And we'll pretend it's Christmas day
In my atomic

All my scientists are working on a deadline
So my psychologist is working day and nighttime
They say they know what's best for me
But they don't know what they're doing

And I'm glad I'm not Gorbachev
'Cause I'd wiggle all night like jelly in a pot
At least he's got a garden with a fertile plot
And a party that will never stop

Come out to play
Come out to play
And we'll pretend it's Christmas day
In my atomic

I hope there's nothing wrong out there
I'm watching from my room inside my room

Come out to play
Come out to play
And we'll pretend it's Christmas day
In my atomic - garden

Come Away Melinda

Harry Belafonte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCSaKgqQnho

Daddy daddy come and look
And see what I have found
A little way away from here
While digging in the ground

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It's nothing but a picture book
They had before the war

Daddy daddy come and see
Oh daddy come and look
There's four or five Melinda girls
Inside this picture book

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Daddy daddy come and see
Oh daddy hurry do
There's someone in a pretty dress
Who's all grown up like you

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That someone is a mother
Like you had before the war

Daddy daddy come and see
Such things I've never seen
Happy faces all along
And all the ground is green

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It's just the way it used to be
Before they had the war

Daddy daddy come and see
And tell me if you can
Why can't it be the way it was
Before the war began

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war

Land Of Confusion

Genesis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtC-UM23go8

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger's gone away
But I can see the fires still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
Is not much love to go round
Tell me why this is the land of confusion?

Now this is the world we live in
These are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Ah, Superman, where are you now?
Yes seems everything's gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, men of power
They're losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
Is not much love to go round
Tell me why this is the land of confusion?

Now this is the world we live in
These are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place we're fighting for

I remember long ago
Yes when the sun was shining
And the stars were bright all through the night
And the sound of your laughter as I held you tight
So long ago

Why won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep

Yes too many men, yes too many people
Making too many problems
There's not much love to go round
Just tell me why this is the land of confusion?

Now this is the world we live in
These are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

This is the world we live in
These are the names that we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to

Protect And Survive

The Dubliners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRp6nUxirbc

Well the government's made a document
To help prevent embarrassment
And in the event of an accident
Catching us with our trousers down
It's no use to you when you're dead
Nor even when alive
And the name of this piece of paper is
Protect and survive

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive

Well a nuclear strike can be recognised
It would stand out in a crowd
There's a flash, then a bang, then a blast of heat
Then a bloody great mushroom cloud
So if you happen to see one at the end of your street
Would you please pick up the telephone
And inform your local police

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive

Put sticky tape on your windows
Block your ears and close your eyes
But it won't make a blind bit of difference
You won't have to watch yourself fry
If you find yourself in the target zone
And you haven't got a shelter
Take a spade into the garden
And dig like merry hell, sir

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive

They've got strategic ICBM's
Both theatre and tactical
With independently targeted
Multiple re-entry vehicles
Backfire bombers, Polaris sub's, cruise missiles
And the boys who hang around the Pentagon
Can't wait to use these toys

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive

When Armageddon gets underway
And the rockets come pouring down
All the bloody politicians who started it
Will scuttle off underground
And when they finally re-emerge
With no life to be found
They can administrate the rubble
And they can order each other around

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive

For they give us a four-minute warning
When the rockets are on their way
To give us time to panic and Christians time to pray
So when you hear the siren's going
Place your head between your thighs
Whilst maintaining this posture
You can make a final gesture
And with a little muscular pressure
You can kiss your arse goodbye

So when the nukes come raining down
It's great to be alive, well
World War Three can be such fun
If you protect and survive
Protect and survive
Protect and...

People Are People

Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzGnX-MbYE4

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand
Help me understand
Help me understand

And now you're punching and you're kicking and you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far, it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists
It just take a while to travel from your head to your fist

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hates another man
Help me understand

The Sun Is Burning

Simon And Garfunkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTQIdcyEfk

The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are droning in the flowers among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children play and know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared