[Vision2020] It's Deja Vu All Over Again (Part Deux)

Tue Nov 22 18:16:04 PST 2011

"Revolution" by The Beatles . . .

Makes me wanna dig out my old 45s (the records, not the guns), put on my blue bell-bottoms, and crank up (the amplifiers, not the bong [long gone]).

http://www.tomandrodna.com/songs/Revolution.mp3

"You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We don't love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright, al...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright"

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Although, I do recommend another, more aggressive song, one that we (SDS and VIVA) rocked to in MacArthur Park during the summer of '68, while giving my father more reasons in which to disagree with me . . .

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan

http://www.tomandrodna.com/songs/Subterranean_Homesick_Blues.mp3

"Johnny’s in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he’s got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It’s somethin’ you did
God knows when
But you’re doin’ it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin’ for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
By the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Walk on your tiptoes
Don’t try “No-Doz”
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin’ to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You’re gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin’ for a new fool
Don’t follow leaders
Watch the parkin’ meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin’
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles."

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown

On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:31 PM, "deb" <debismith at moscow.com> wrote:

> Oh, my...being around for the Civil Rights Movement, Viet Nam anti-war protests, and now seeing the Occupy Movement and the Stop the Mega-Loads protests. I may be dated, but have lived in interesting times! Peaceful protest works---no matter that the Powers That Be try to down-play and spin it, it WORKS!!! Now, how about a rousing round of "Revolution"?
> Debi R-S
> a local quiet revolutionary
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moscow Cares" <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Cc: "Jacqueline Bradish" <jbradish at roadrunner.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:16 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] It's Deja Vu All Over Again (Part Deux)
> 
> 
>> A most appropriate song from then . . . for then . . . and now . . .
>> 
>> "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
>> 
>> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/For_What_Its_Worth.mp3
>> 
>> "There's something happening here
>> What it is ain't exactly clear
>> There's a man with a gun over there
>> Telling me I got to beware
>> 
>> I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> 
>> There's battle lines being drawn
>> Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
>> Young people speaking their minds
>> Getting so much resistance from behind
>> 
>> It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> 
>> What a field-day for the heat
>> A thousand people in the street
>> Singing songs and they carrying signs
>> Mostly say, hooray for our side
>> 
>> It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> 
>> Paranoia strikes deep
>> Into your life it will creep
>> It starts when you're always afraid
>> You step out of line, the man come and take you away
>> 
>> We better stop, hey, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> You better Stop, hey, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> You better Stop, now, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down
>> You better Stop, children, what's that sound
>> Everybody look what's going down."
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> 
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>> 
>> "If not us, who?
>> If not now, when?"
>> 
>> - Unknown
>> 
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