Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: December 19, 1940 Death: April 9, 1976
In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty..
Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another name?.
Well I've seen travel in many waysI've traveled in cars and old subwaysBut in Birmingham some people choseTo fly down the street from a fire hose.Doi….
In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo..
I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in ….
In the courtroom, watch the balance of the scalesIf the price is right, there's time for more appealsThe strings are pulled, the switch is stayedThe ….
The only way to Cuba is with the CIA..
God isn't dead - he's just missing in action..
Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down..
Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high..
The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been living in an ….
The painter paints his brushes black, Through the canvas runs a crack, Portrait of the pain never answers back....
Only as strong as our love for this land, only as tall as we stand..
Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside your home, And you tell me th….
So good to be alive when the eulogies are read..
One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve..
The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles..
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 And ther….
Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend..
Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I'll show you a young landWith many reasons whyThere but for f….
Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore.