Country Joe Mcdonald

McDonald

When my grandpa was a boy
He went down to the general store
Saw a picture book of a whale
Shooting its spout and flashin' its tail.

Then he got a sailor's dream
'Bout cruisin' around on the salty sea
Joinin' up with a fishin' crew
To go out and get him a whale or two.

Tell me what kind of men are these
Who sail upon the salty seas ?
Up in the rigging in the afternoon
Swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons.

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.

There're lots of whales in the deep blue sea,
We kill them for the company
We drag 'em 'longside and chop 'em in two
And melt 'em down and sell 'em to you

There hardly is a sailor alive
Who can keep the tears from his eyes
As he remembers the good old days
When there were no whales to save

Thank the Russians and Japanese
For scouring the deep blue seas
Looking for ivory and perfume
And plastic toys and pet food.

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.

Shanghaied by the light of the moon
Put out from Boston in the middle of June
After six months out at sea
It's nothin' but death and misery.

Set out on a three-year cruise
A union ship and a union crew
And after six months you begin to see
That whalin's not what it used to be.

A modern ship and a modern crew
With sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons
A mechanical boat made outta steel
A floating machine built to kill the whales.

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.

When my grandpa was a boy
He went down to the general store
Saw a picture book of a whale
Shooting its spout and flashin' its tail.

Then he got a sailor's dream
'Bout cruisin' around on the salty sea
Joinin' up with a fishin' crew
To go out and get him a whale or two.

Tell me what kind of men are these
Who sail upon the salty seas ?
Up in the rigging in the afternoon
Swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons.

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.

Guthrie

It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands has hoed
My poor feet has traveled a hot dusty road
Out of your dustbowl and westward we rode
And your deserts was hot and your mountains was cold.
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind.
California, Arizona, I make all your crops
Well it's up north to Oregon to gather your hops,
Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
To set on your table your light sparkling wine.
Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this Union us migrants has been
We'll work in this fight and we'll fight till we win.
It's always we ramble that river and I
All along your green valley I will work until I die.
My land I'll defend with my life if need be
'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free.

Guthrie-Hays

I'm blowing down this old dusty road
I'm blowing down this old dusty road
I'm blowing down this old dusty road
I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
They say I'm a dust bowl refugee
They say I'm a dust bowl refugee
They say I'm a dust bowl refugee
And I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
I'm going where them dust storms never blow
I'm going where them dust storms never blow
Yes I'm going where them dust storms never blow, Lord, Lord,
And I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
I'm going where the water tastes like wine
I'm going where the water tastes like wine
I'm going where the water tastes like wine,
I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
It takes a twenty dollar shoe to fit my feet
It takes a twenty dollar shoe to fit my feet
It takes a twenty dollar shoe to fit my feet, Lord, Lord,
And I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
I'm looking for a job with honest pay
I'm looking for a job with honest pay
I'm looking for a job with honest pay, Lord, Lord,
I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.
Well, I'm a-going down this old dusty road
Yes, I'm going down this old dusty road
I'm going down this old dusty road
And I ain't gonna be treated this-a way.

Guthrie

Tom Joad got out of that old McAlester pen
'Twas there that he got his parole
After four long years on a man killing charge
Tom Joad came a-walking down the road, poor boy,
Tom Joad came a-walking down the road.
It was there that he found him a truck driving man,
It was there that he caught him a ride.
He said, "I just got loose from McAlester pen
On a charge called homicide, great God,
A charge called homicide."
The truck rolled away in a big cloud of dust
And Tommy turned his face towards home.
He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink
And he found out his family they was gone, Tom Joad,
He found out his family they was gone.
He found his mother's old-fashioned shoes
He found his daddy's hat
He found little Muley and little Muley said,
"They've been tractored out by the cats, Tom,
They've been tractored out by the cats."
Then Tom he walked to the neighboring farm,
He found his family.
They took Preacher Casey and they loaded in the car
And his mama said, "We got to get away, Tom."
His mama said, "We got to get away".
The twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load
And grandpa Joad, he cried.
He picked up a handful of land in his hand,
He said, "I'm sticking with my farm until I die."
He said, "I'm sticking with my farm until I die."
They fed him spare ribs and coffee and soothing syrup
And grandpa Joad, he died.
We buried grandpa Joad on the Oklahoma road
And grandma on the California side
And grandma on the California side.
We stood on a mountain and we looked to the West,
It looked like the Promised Land.
Was a big green valley with a river running through
And there was work for every single hand, we thought,
Work for every single hand.
The Joads rolled in to the Jungle Camp,
It was there that they cooked them a stew
And the hungry little kids in the Jungle Camp
Said, "We'd like to have some, too,
Yes, we'd like to have some, too."
A deputy sheriff fired loose at a man,
He shot a woman in the back,
But before he could take his aim again
It was Preacher Casey dropped him in his tracks,
Good boy, Preacher Casey dropped him in his tracks.
Well, they handcuffed Casey and they took him to jail
And then he got away.
He met Tom Joad by the old river bridge
And these few words he did say, Preacher Casey,
These few words he did say:
"Well, I preached for the Lord a mighty long time,
I preached about the rich and the poor,
But us workin' folks has got to stick together
Or we ain't got a chance anymore, God knows,
We ain't got a chance anymore."
Then the deputies come and Tom and Casey run
To the place where the water run down
And the vigilante bug hit Casey with a club
And he laid Preacher Casey on the ground
And he laid Preacher Casey on the ground.
Tom Joad he grabbed the deputy's club,
He banged it down on his head
When Tommy took flight in that dark and rainy night
Was a preacher and a deputy lying dead, two men,
A preacher and a deputy lying dead.
Tommy went back to where his mama was asleep,
He woke her up out of bed.
He kissed goodbye to the mother that he loved
And he said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Joad,
He said what Preacher Casey said.
Everybody might be just one big soul
It looks that-a way to me
So everywhere you look in the day or night
That's where I'm gonna be, Ma,
That's where I'm gonna be.
Wherever little kids are hungry and cry,
Wherever people ain't free,
Wherever men are fighting for their rights
That's where I'm gonna be, Ma,
That's where I'm gonna be.

The Almanac Singers

Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James ?
Manned by hard fighting men of both honor and fame
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the Land of the Free
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?
What were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?
'Twas there in the dark of that uncertain night
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roar
And they laid the Reuben James on the cold ocean floor.
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?
What were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?
Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright.
In the farms and the cities they are telling of this fight.
Now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
And remember the name of the good Reuben James.
Tell me what were their names, what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?
What were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James ?

Guthrie

Come gather round me children,
A story I will tell
About Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw,
Oklahoma knew him well.
It was in the town of Shawnee,
It was a Saturday afternoon,
His wife beside him in the wagon
As into town they rode.
There a deputy sheriff approached him
In a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language
And his wife she overheard.
Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain
And the deputy grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed
He laid that deputy down.
Then he took to the trees and timbers
And he lived a life of shame,
Every crime in Oklahoma
Was added to his name.
Yes he took to the trees and timbers
On that Canadian River's shore
And Pretty Boy found a welcome
At many a farmer's door.
There's many a starving farmer
The same old story told
How the outlaw paid their mortgage
And saved their little home.
Mothers tell you 'bout a stranger
That came to beg a meal
And underneath his napkin
Left a thousand dollar bill.
Now as through the world I ramble
I see lots of funny men
Some will rob you with a six-gun
Some with a fountain pen.
But as through life you travel,
Yes, as through life you roam,
You'll never see an outlaw
Drive a family from their home.

Guthrie

Oh the lonesomest sound, boys
I ever heard sound, boys,
On the stroke of midnight
Hear the curfew blow.
My body will hang, boys,
On the hangman's rope, boys,
On the gallows pole, boys,
When the curfew blows.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Hear the curfew blowin'
In the cold black midnight
Hear the curfew blow.
The sheriff's men, boys,
Are on my trail, boys,
In the midnight wind, boys,
Hear the curfew blow.
And when they catch me
My body will hang, boys,
On the gallows pole, boys,
When the curfew blows.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Hear the curfew blowin'
In the cold black midnight
Hear the curfew blow.

I never really knew Woody Guthrie, but I can't help to feel that somehow I always knew Woody. This record is a collection of songs I just naturally learned and loved in my early years of playing and singing. Woody said that he wanted to be known as "the man who told you something you already knew". And for me, this is a clue into the beauty and the genius of Woody Guthrie. For he was just an ordinary man ? he made all the mistakes, had all the vices, all the good and the bad things that every ordinary person has. He never gave you the feeling that he was better than you in anyway, and he never gave you the feeling that he was worse than you ? but that he loved you because you were just like him, he was just like you. Somehow without thinking he capped the reality and the dream of what it meant to be an american.

Guthrie

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulfstream waters
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
"This land was made for you and me".
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulfstream waters
This land was made for you and me.

McDonald

I'm flyin' in a silver bird zoom across the sky
Lookin' out the window it surely flyin' high.
Had to leave this morning to go and play and to sing,
So glad to be here ? watch me do my thing.
Entertainment is my business, I want you to know
That I'm tryin to be a success, to give you a very fine show.
If you think you're ready, if you think you can,
Won't you get yourselves together now,
Let me hear you clap your hands!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey!
I traveled to Chicago, I went to Memphis, too,
Saw Mr. B.B. King ? learned to play the blues.
Went to Detroit City just to get the Who
I come to play the hoedown just to play for you.
Entertainment is my business, I want you to know
That I'm tryin to be a success, to give you a very fine show.
If you think you're ready, if you think you can,
Won't you get yourselves together now,
Let me hear you clap your hands!
Come on! Hey!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Hey!
I'm flyin' in a silver bird zoom across the sky,
Lookin' out the window it surely flyin' high.
Had to leave this morning to go and play and to sing,
So glad to be here ? watch me do my thing.
Entertainment is my business, I want you to know
That I'm tryin to be a success, to give you a very fine show.
If you think you're ready, if you think you can,
Won't you get yourselves together one last time,
Let me hear you clap your hands!
Hey!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah!
Are you ready ? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey!
Right, thank you. Er, we're recording this tonight you know for a record, so... if there's anything you wanna say just... blurt it right out.
Balls!
Good, that's good, man... anything else you wanna say or is that it ? ... Is that it ?

McDonald

Sweet Marie,
You know that she's the only one I'll ever love,
Sweet Marie.
Sweet Marie,
You know that she's the only one I'm thinking of,
Sweet Marie.
And at night
When the moon and stars are shinin' bright
I'll see my baby,
Don't mean maybe,
Talk about my sweet Marie, yeah.
Do dee do do da da da
D-do do do
Yes indeed oh she's my sweetie.
Do do do do
D-da da da da
D-da da da da da da da.
Way down in Nirvana
I met a girl named Sylvana,
She used to be the vamp of New Orleans.
And when she did the samba
I did think that I had an order
But it's not exactly as it seems.
She held me close and told me things
I'd never heard a woman
Say before now
Don't get sober
That was on my mind yeah.
Dee dee dee ... do da da.
Just ... like in the past six months I've been doing a lot of uh... stuff for the G.I. movement, you know, performances and things, and this is a song that I particularly wrote for y'know G.I.'s. that expresses the sentiments of most G.I.'s I think... it's called "Kiss My Ass".

McDonald

I got out of school and I was feeling kinda down,
I thought I'd join the Army just to take a look around.
I went on down to the recruiter man
And that's when all my troubles began.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
Well, they gave me some shoes that hurt my feet
They gave me some food not fit to eat,
They told me that I wasn't fighting alone,
They sent me to Saigon and they stayed home.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
All right.
One, two, three, four,
We don't want your fuckin' war,
A, B, C, D,
Get someone else, hey don't get me,
Left, right, left, right,
You know the whole damn thing puts me uptight.
I done my duty and I fought my fight
And I thought I knew I was doing right,
But that's all over, I'm free at last,
An' if they want any more, they can kiss my ass.
'Cause I've been up and down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia ? like hell.

McDonald

They've covered the city with a plastic dome
So the air inside could be clean,
And it's really fine in our new home
We have everything we need.
There are no planes, no buses or trains
And if you wanna go somewhere,
Just think about where you'd like to be at
And before you know it you're there.
Living in the future in a plastic dome
Sounds mighty strange I agree,
But now I call it home sweet home
That's where I long to be, yeah,
Living in the future in a plastic dome
Sounds mighty strange I agree,
But now I call it home sweet home
That's where I long to be.
Now if you're hungry for food or drink
Just go to the teller machine;
You place your order and you just have to think
And look at the video screen.
But if you're lonesome and you think you would
Like to have a friendly chat,
Just talk to the teller machine
And the teller machine will talk back.
Hey, living in the future in a plastic dome
Sounds mighty strange I agree,
But now I call it home sweet home
That's where I long to be, yeah,
Living in the future in a plastic dome
Sounds mighty strange I agree,
But now I call it home sweet home
That's where I long to be.

McDonald

Alright, 1, 2; 1, 2, 3.
Late last night I was watchin' the tube
When I saw the most incredible thing
They built a new mechanical man
Looked just like a human being.
I started to become terrified,
Good God it was makin' me sick
And then I began to realize
It was no one but Tricky Dick.
Yes, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man.
There is no can't in American
Or so we once could say
But now our boys won't fight no more
To bring us victory.
Where are the mountain majesties
Above the fruited plains ?
Who will come to lead us
In our hour of pain ?
Why it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
It's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man, hey!
Oh my God, it's terrible
Here in the U.S.A.
The water's polluted, the economy's crashing
And can someone save the day ?
The war keeps going on and on
And the kids won't respect the cops,
It's even said that God is dead,
When will it ever stop ?
Hey, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks, he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man.
And across the garbaged highways
From the oil-drenched plains
Now we'll see a victory,
America shall rise again.
Past the word that the buffalo heard
To the home of the free and the brave,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Well, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda
Hip hip hip hurrah.
He walks, he talks, he smiles, he frowns,
He does what a human can,
He's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda,
The genuine plastic man, oh yeah,
He's the genuine plastic man, oh yeah,
He's the genuine plastic man.

McDonald

Gimme an F!
F!
Thank you. About two years ago, I stayed with the Fish, we played Worcester, Massachusetts and... did the Fuck like we usually do, I did, and nothing particularly strange happened, then we went to Boston to play the Boston Garden the next day. What we didn't know was that the Worcester police had called the Boston police and told 'em we were coming. And uh when we got there we met by seventy-five uniform police officers with guns, clubs and mace and three, er, lieutenants and a captain, twenty-five plainclothes men, a guy in trench-coat, three squad cars and a paddy wagon. And uh, they wanted to know er ... where I was, they finally found me and er... the captain said to me that he wanted me to know this wasn't Worcester, you know, I told him I knew that, I knew it was Boston. He said, "Well uh, we're just warnin' to tell you not to say it here." I said "What's it ?" And he said: "You know what I mean." I said, "No I, I don't know what you mean." He said, "Yeah, you know what I mean." I said, "No, I don't know what you mean." He said, "Yeah, you know what I mean." I said, "No, I don't know what you mean."
So the lieutenant took me aside to explain me what's happening, you know, and he said, "Don't say it here." And I said "What's it ?" He said: "You know what I mean." I said, "No, I don't know what you mean." He said: "Yeah, you know what I mean." We did that for a long time, you know. I knew what they meant, you know, but I wanted to hear 'em say it, but I didn't know, it was my own ignorance, 'cause I didn't know at that particular time they have a national law that cops can't say 'fuck' on duty. Oh, so finally the Captain said that if we did anything that they didn't like they'd be certainly takin' us to jail. So I said, "I know what you mean."
We got on stage there was thirty cops over here parade rest, thirty cops over here parade rest, the Captain walked back and forth, back and forth watchin' us you know, behind us was twenty-five plainclothes men and a guy in trench coat, I don't know if they were plainclothes men or not, you know, but it's the only concert I ever played with twenty-five guys who were all looking like... standing behind me, you know, and we didn't say 'fuck' that night 'cause uh we weren't feeling masochistic, you know, and uh so after it was all over with... they thanked us a lot, said we can come back anytime we want ed to... we said 'Fuck you!'.

McDonald

We served our time
It wasn't so fine
Though we just ignored
The things could be better
So we lived by the ladder
Like a T.V. show,
And living in shame
There's no one to blame
For what you're feeling inside.
Thank God that's over,
Hey coming closer now
Let's go for a ride.
Oh my my I never knew that I could fly do high.
My sweet lover, there goes our cover
And you're sucking me inside now
Starting this night, yeah.
And floating back down
I can hear the sound
0f your breath in my ear
The smell of your hair
I feel you're all there
And I'm all here.
And lying so closely
I know that mostly
It was just foolish pride.
Thank God that's over,
Hey coming closer now
Let's take a ride.
Oh my my I never knew that I could fly so high.
My sweet lover, there goes our cover
And you're sucking me inside now
Starting this night, yeah.
Now here's a little song you could song in a shower. If you wanna sing along, please join in.

McDonald

We love the Pathet Lao
We love the Pathet Lao
We love the Pathet Lao
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down,
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down,
Deep down in our hearts.
We love the Vietcong
We love the Vietcong
We love the Vietcong
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
We love Madame Diem
We love Madame Diem
We love Madame Diem
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
We love Angela Davis
We love Angela Davis
We love Angela Davis
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
We love Che Guevarra
We love Che Guevarra
We love Che Guevarra
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
We love Chairman Mao
We love Chairman Mao
We love Chairman Mao
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I said deep deep, down down
Deep down in our hearts.
I spent a big rock concert in uh Canada, I can't remember the name of the place. The audience was pretty good, there was about 20,000 people in this huge stadium you know. There's this-a hippy-type with a big, big beard and long hair sitting down I don't know about twenty-five feet away from me on the stage, you know, and uh, during that he was like... he's goin' like this, yuh know, he's yellin' "Right on, right on, right on!" y'know, till I got to 'bout Chairman Mao and he went like this... Everyone has his limits, you know. OK. Here's another song about revolution, you know.

McDonald

Oh brothers and sisters come on and join the army
We've got to help each other throw away our chains.
Come on and make revolution ? join the people's army
If we stand together we'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
I can see the sun a-risin' on a brand new morning
I can hear voices singin' in a victory song, yeah!
I can see the people's army marchin' on to glory
If we stand together you know it won't be long
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Oh, brothers and sisters, come on and join the army
We've got to help each other throw away our chains.
Come on and make revolution ? join the people's army,
If we stand together we'll all be free some day.
Hey, talkin' 'bout
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
We'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
I can see the sun a-risin' on a brand new morning
I can hear voices singin' a victory song, yeah!
I can see the people's army, oh, marchin' on to glory,
If we stand together you know it won't be long.
And we'll be free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.
Free some day
Free the sisters
Free some day
Free the brothers
Free some day
Free the children
We'll all be free some day.

McDonald

Today may seem hopeless filled with war and fear
But we can change the darkness if we but persevere
And if we seize this moment and cling to our belief
Then I know that we can live in peace
This world is such a wonder filled with so much life
The land the air the ocean could be paradise
And if we open up our hearts the truth is plain to see
That we can all live together in peace
Care for all the animals they need our help
Care for all the children stop thinking of ourselves
And if we work together to try for harmony
Someday we will live in peace.

McDonald

I can see clouds drifting over the bay
Looks like its gonna be another one of those days
I can see fog rollin' over the hills
I've got to find a cure for some of my ills
I can feel spring changing into fall
Leaving me here with nothin' at all
I can hear voices from my past (my past, my past, my past)
Calling me, pulling me back
Chorus:
Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunshine to come in my life
One more time again
Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunlight to brighten up my days
One more time
Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunshine to come in my life
One more time again
Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunlight to brighten up my days
One more time
The seasons change and change
But my blues are always the same
The world spins 'round and around
No sooner I'm up and then I'm down
Friends they come and they go
Maybe they last, I don't know
First here and then they're gone
I feel like I just can't go on
Chorus

McDonald

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
I don't care 'cause I got you here
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
I don't care 'cause I got you here
Even if the sun won't shine I don't worry I know you're mine
And I got you here
Honey, I got you here
Let it rain (etc.)
Even if it starts to snow I don't worry because I know
That I've got you here
Bridge:
The seasons change and change
But my love for you stays the same
The seasons change and change
But my love stays the same
(lst rap)
"Boy, look at that weather out there. Isn't that somethin'? Sure is nice in here, isn't it? Yeah, let it pour, I don't care, it feels so nice just being here with you."
(2nd rap)
"Sure looks cold outside--It's nice and warm in here. Yeah, let's just forget about that cold weather, we've got each other, ummm yeah."

McDonald-Van Ronk

When I got back to my homeland
I didn't have a thing where my parts used to hang
So they gave me a medal and a fine harangue
And now I'm a bloody hero
Chorus:
Mourn for the dead world-family
If you want to be a hero follow me
Mourn for the dead world-family
If you want to be a hero follow me
Now the boys and girls all envy me
I fought for the military industry
Now I can't walk and l can't see
Now I'm a bloody hero
The cluster bombs and the napalm blasts
Automatic weapons and chemical gas
Technology built to last
Now I'm a bloody hero
All over the world there are spots
Where the war dead corpses lie and rot
And every corpse is a patriot
And every corpse is a hero

McDonald

Life is a journey filled with mystery
Twisting and turning you don't know what tomorrow will
Bring
After each valley there is a mountain to climb
Put one foot in front of the other and pretty soon you'll
Find
Chorus:
You're feeling a little bit better
You're feeling a little bit better today
You're feeling a little bit better
Than you were feeling yesterday
Yesterday was misery filled with tears and pain
And when I lay down to sleep I didn't care if I ever got
Back up again
But while I lay sleeping a voice came in my dream
Said hang on hang on, you don't know what tomorrow
May bring
Chorus:
Feeling a little bit better
Feeling a little better
Feeling a little hit better
Than I was feeling yesterday
Yesterday I was feeling so bad -
Yesterday I was feeling so sad
Yesterday I was feeling so bad
But I'm feeling better today

McDonald

She grew up in America, just the girl next door
Never thought to question what we were fighting for
They sent her off to war and showed her death and pain
And the girl next door will never be the same
Chorus:
Guarding her patients with a 45
Checking the wounded to make sure they're alive
By day she's in fatigues and at night she's in a dress
She's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse
She told her girlfriends "I'll see you some old day
I've joined the Army and they're sending me away"
They taught her how to mend a wound and how to tend
The sick
But nothing could prepare her for all this
Bridge:
Women at home waiting all alone
Women in life trying to do what's right
Women in war in the blood and gore
Women in death, they die just like the rest
A jungle ain't a place for a girl to be alone
Surrounded by the enemy with all the soldiers gone
Under attack you know she's got to do her best
Because she's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse
Back home in civilian life, Army life all done
Childhood friends can't understand why she's not any fun
But a vision of the wounded still screams inside her brain
And the girl next door will never be the same
She's everybody's savior but her own, the Army combat
Nurse, but who will save her now?
(Chaplain's rap)
"Before I say grace today I'd like for us to pause for a moment of silence in memory of our friends that were lost this morning , . . let us pray for the food which we are about to receive from your goodness our father we give. . . ."

Washington-Rosey

Forever, my darling, my love will be true
Always and forever I'll love just you
Just promise me darling, your love in return
Make this fire in my soul, dear, forever burn
Chorus:
My heart's at your command, dear
To keep love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire, dear
Keeping you is my goal
I'll forever love you
The rest of my days
I'll never part from you
And your loving ways

McDonald

Chorus:
In the garden of Eden
We can start all over again
We'll build a heaven on earth, my friends
In the Garden of Eden, in the Garden of Eden
God made the sea and God made the land
God made woman and God made man
All of the life in the galaxy
Is born of the same tree; is born of the same tree
What a miracle to behold
Life abounds a thousandfold
Opens your eyes and dare to see
What is and what can be, what is and what can be
Bridge:
Who can explain the gift of light
The magic moment that creates life
What a wonder to conceive
Fruit of the tree
Death someday will touch us all
Nothing escapes big or small
But till then let's dare to be
All that we can be, all that we can be
Chorus

McDonald

Tell the leaders of every land
Over and over so that they understand
Military madness has gone too far
In our world today there is no room for war
Chorus:
And we want
Peace on earth, peace on earth
Peace on earth in our time
Tell the people of all lands
Let's get together, the future is in our hands
United nations have to agree
To say no to war, and say yes to peace

McDonald

She grew up in America, just the girl next door
Never thought to question what we were fighting for
They sent her off to war and showed her death and pain
And the girl next door will never be the same
Chorus:
Guarding her patients with a 45
Checking the wounded to make sure they're alive
By day she's in fatigues and at night she's in a dress
She's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse
She told her girlfriends "I'll see you some old day
I've joined the Army and they're sending me away"
They taught her how to mend a wound and how to tend
The sick
But nothing could prepare her for all this
Bridge:
Women at home waiting all alone
Women in life trying to do what's right
Women in war in the blood and gore
Women in death, they die just like the rest
A jungle ain't a place for a girl to be alone
Surrounded by the enemy with all the soldiers gone
Under attack you know she's got to do her best
Because she's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse
Back home in civilian life, Army life all done
Childhood friends can't understand why she's not any fun
But a vision of the wounded still screams inside her brain
And the girl next door will never be the same
She's everybody's savior but her own, the Army combat
Nurse, but who will save her now?
(Chaplain's rap)
"Before I say grace today I'd like for us to pause for a moment of silence in memory of our friends that were lost this morning , . . let us pray for the food which we are about to receive from your goodness our father we give. . . ."

McDonald

I got out of school and I was feeling kinda down,
I thought I'd join the Army just to take a look around.
I went on down to the recruiter man
And that's when all my troubles began.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
Well, they gave me some shoes that hurt my feet
They gave me some food not fit to eat,
They told me that I wasn't fighting alone,
They sent me to Saigon and they stayed home.
Well, I've been up, down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia.
All right.
One, two, three, four,
We don't want your fuckin' war,
A, B, C, D,
Get someone else, hey don't get me,
Left, right, left, right,
You know the whole damn thing puts me uptight.
I done my duty and I fought my fight
And I thought I knew I was doing right,
But that's all over, I'm free at last,
An' if they want any more, they can kiss my ass.
'Cause I've been up and down and around
This country more than a couple of times,
But I never knew until I got into the Army
That thinking for yourself was a crime.
Get over here, stand over there,
Let's see your identification.
Shut your mouth, son, get back in line,
We're sending you to South East Asia ? like hell.

McDonald

Put my heart inside a bottle
and place it on the shelf
I'm savin' my love for you babe
and for no one else
Though miles may come between us
my love for you still lives on
The days gone by can never die
no matter how long I'm gone
Oh, I'm standin' at the crossroads
just like a ship adrift at sea
The blues are like a bloodhound
always comin' after me
Oh I'm standin' at the crossroads
wonderin' which way to go
The blues are like my shadow
they're with me wherever I go
The times aren't always gentle
the people aren't always kind
But behind the bend might be a friend
there for you to find
But it seems like all good people
I meet as I'm travelin' through
Just sit down to talk and
before we begin
They're off with their own things to do

McDonald

Out on the tundra the lions play their little games
Of life and death
And while the father lay sleeping the mother lies near
With cubs at her breast

It's not what you do
Not what you say
Eunicita believes in life before death

Small pieces of my heart fall to the ground for
All to see
Who cares for me? Who cares for me?

The picture frame spins round and round my face
I've lost the place I used to go all by myself
He stands alone, the rocks and trees have all blown away
The sands burn his feet

There are precious stones, things which a man could use
To make his fortune
But he does not see, for his mind is now
In other places

McDonald

I'm feelin' superstitious when it comes to loving you.
I'm feelin' superstitious when it comes to loving you
Because I've had some bad luck and I know what that can do.

To check my situation I read my horoscope each day
To check my situation I read my horoscope each day
To make sure there's good vibrations and everything's ok.

I went to the psychic reader to have my fortune told.
I went to the psychic reader to have my fortune told.
Said son no need to worry your love's as good as gold.

I'm feelin' superstitious but our love's my good luck charm
I'm feelin' superstitious but our love's my good luck charm
And as long as we keep lovin' I won't fear no harm

McDonald

Oh, get your self together
Oh, leave your troubles behind
Oh, don't worry 'bout the weather
We'll be going on a starship ride.

Oh, the moon is callin'
Come pack your troubles away
Out where the stars are fallin'
We'll be cruisin' the milky way

Hey, tell your mama and your papa
Don't wait up tonight
We'll bring back a little piece of heaven
When we get back from our starship ride

McDonald

Woke up this morning with a pain in my head
Had the blues for breakfast and got back in bed
Woke up this morning with a pain in my head
Woke up this morning with a pain in my head
Had the blues for breakfast and got back in bed

I had sugar in the morning but now my sugar's gone
It's such a lonesome feeling starting off the day alone
I had sugar in the morning but now my sugar's gone
I had sugar in the morning but now my sugar's gone
It's such a lonesome feeling starting off the day alone

I like my biscuits buttered and I like my coffee sweet
I like to have my sugar lying here next to me
I like my biscuits buttered and I like my coffee sweet
I like my biscuits buttered and I like my coffee sweet
I like to have my sugar lying here next to me

McDonald

Every time in the world someone receives first aid
You can thank clara barton for the life that is saved
She lived out her life in a world ruled by men
Every time they knocked her down she got back up again
Clara barton
Civil war veterans with tears in their eyes
Told how she braved the battle lust to save their lives
She never ran from the shot and the shell
Bringing aid and comfort in the midst of hell
And even then at the war's very end
When the prisoners were lost and without friends
She helped families to find those that they loved
A professional angel sent from up above
Thank the lord for clara barton and long live her name
The american red cross is her claim to fame.
When you see a red cross worker in a time of flood or war
Take a moment to remember and thank the lord for clara barton.

McDonald

Hey, hey, michael won't you play the blues for me
Hey, hey, michael won't you play the blues for me
To hear you play would be so heavenly
Hey, hey, michael i bet you're over on cloud nine
Hey, hey, michael i bet you're over on cloud nine
Playing blues for the angels and blowin' everybody's mind
I can still remember
Seems like yesterday
Down at the nite club
Where we used to play
Now your chair is empty
Your guitar left untuned
And it hurts so bad now
To not hear you play the blues
Hey, hey, michael won't you play some blues for me
To hear you play would be so heavenly