Musical Worldview: Love and Rockets, "No New Tale To Tell"
“People like to hear their names
I'm no exception
Please call my name”
Musical Worldview: Jeff Tobias, "Our Very Recent Past"
“By the time they figured out who the real fascists were it was too late
All the ink had long since dried and all the trains had long since left the station
Who is above loving a face they don't yet recognize
Weep to think what could have been, but I guess that could be said about anytime
Still it seems decisive things could've moved the needle; maybe not
If only something from our very recent past could act as a warning - give us some vision - but our vision's left wanting
But never again doesn't mean anything if it never stopped happening
Who is above loving a face they don't yet recognize
Give up some small sense of yourself and help smash the hateful tide”
Musical Worldview: the Clash, "Know Your Rights"
“This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder Is a crime!
Unless it was done
By a policeman or an aristocrat
Know your rights
And number two
You have the right to food money
Providing of course
You don't mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation
Know your rights
These are your rights
Hey, say what, hey
Know these rights
Number three
You have the right to free speech
As long as you're not
Dumb enough to actually try it
Know your rights
These are your rights
Know your rights
These are your rights
All three of 'em
And it has been suggested
In some quarters that this is not enough
Well
Get off the streets
Get off the streets
Run”
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Musical Worldview: Grateful Dead, "Scarlet Begoinias"
“Once in a while, you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right”
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Musical Worldview: Trey Anastasio, "Rise/Come Together"
“The ocean is only a lot of drops of water
And the land is only a lot of grains of sand
And the people of the world all love the way
We going to break down the walls one day
And come together, come together, come together
From high above we're all the same down here
Without a map, the lines all disappear
We're so tired of our senseless fight
The one thing we can all do right
Is come together, come together, come together, come together
Come together
We're all looking for a little more love
To shine a light and lift us up
When you hold me heartbeat to heartbeat
I'm a part of you and you're a part of me
And we rise up
And come together, come together, come together
We got to rise up
And come together, come together, come together
We're all looking for a little more love
To shine a light and lift us up
When you hold me heartbeat to heartbeat
I'm a part of you and you're a part of me
And we rise up
And come together, come together, come together
We got to rise up
And come together, come together, come together”
Musical Worldview: Beauty Pill, "Dog with Rabbit in Mouth, Unharmed"
“You’ll find that money is noise, this, us, together, is wealth
The body’s just cosines and vectors, love is the real health
We walk in circles, we walk in circles and lie down”
Musical Worldview: Phish, "A Life Beyond the Dream"
“Don't give up hope
We share these moments
Till they melt away
To foggy memories
Of a distant day
A curtain is blowing
In an open door
Two souls can breath as one
I wanted more
Now I'm letting it all roll by
I can see, I can see
A life beyond the dream
I'm watching it all roll by
I can see, I can see
A life beyond the dream
Don't give up hope”
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Musical Worldview: Phish, "More"
“I'm vibrating with love and light
Pulsating with love and light
In a world gone mad a world gone mad
There must be something more than this”
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Musical Worldview: the Housemartins, "Anxious"
“I really thought I'd have my tongue ties if I stood up to shout
But all they did was listen without their ears
And I thought I'd be beheaded if I stuck my neck out
But they just gave me a hanky for my tears
I have confidence in confidence, I hope that hope pulls me through
But I think a little more is needed now
We've got to form a congregation and sink down the nation
Batter all the sinners to the ground”
Musical Worldview: the Avett Brothers, "Bang Bang"
“I live in the country because I love peace and quiet
But all of my neighbors have closets full of machine guns
And every Sunday they’re out there pretending to be Rambo
And I’m in here pretending like Sunday is still sacred
Conceal and carry your fear
don't need no weapons here
I've had all I can stand
Of the bloodthirsty leading man”
Musical Worldview: Wilco, 'Jesus, Etc.'
“Our love
Our love
Our love is all we have
Our love
Our love is all of God's money
Everyone is a burning sun”
Musical Worldview: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "Wake Up Everybody"
“Wake up everybody no more sleepin in bed
No more backward thinkin time for thinkin ahead
The world has changed so very much
From what it used to be so
There is so much hatred war an' poverty
Wake up all the teachers time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to whatcha have to say
Cause they're the ones who's coming up and the world is in their hands
When you teach the children teach em the very best you can
The world won't get no better if we just let it be
The world won't get no better we gotta change it yeah, just you and me
Wake up all the doctors make the ol' people well
They're the ones who suffer an' who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long before the Judgement Day
So won'tcha make them happy before they pass away
Wake up all the builders time to build a new land
I know we can do it if we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do is put it in our mind
Surely things will work out they do it every time
The world won't get no better if we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it yeah, just you and me (yeah, yeah)
Change it, yeah (change it, yeah) just you and me
Change it, yeah (change it, yeah) can't do it alone
Need some help, y'all (y'all)
Can't do it alone (can't do it alone)
Yeah (yeah)
Wake up, everybody
Wake up, everybody
Need a little help, y'all (yes I do)
Need a little help (say it, boy)
Need some help, y'all (uh-huh)
To change the world
From what it used to be
Can't do it alone
Can't do it alone
Need some help, yeah
Need some help, yeah
Wake up, everybody
Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Wake up, come on, come on
Wake up, everybody
Teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
To what you have to say
Wake up, everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
Come on
Wake up, everybody
I'm talking about the dope pusher
Stop pushin' that dope
Dope users
Stop usin' the dope
Wake up, yeah
False lyin'
False preachin'
False teachin'
Wake up, y'all
Come on
You preachers
Start preachin' what you teach
Teach the truth
Wake up, preachers
All liars (all liars)
Politicians
Stop lyin' (stop lyin')
Why don't somebody
Help the poor people
Help the babies
You businessmen
Start treatin' (start treatin')
Start treatin' (start treatin')
Start treatin' (start treatin')
Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ain't don't matter
What race, creed or color
Everybody we need each other
Wake up, everybody
Well, you see
We need
Wake up, everybody
We need
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
Wake up, all you teachers
Time to teach a new way
They're the ones that suffer
Each and everyday
Teach the children
Teach the babies
Teach the children
Teach the babies
Teach the children
They are the ones who's coming out”
Musical Worldview: Queen and David Bowie, "Under Pressure"
“Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
Give love give love give love give love give love”
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Musical Worldview: Erykah Badu: "Drama"
“Listen people listen
Lift up your hearts to God
Lift up your soul
Teach your children wisdom
Reality today so they can live tomorrow”
Musical Worldview: Blue Scholars, "Solstice: Reintroduction"
“The biggest hypocrites usually quote the most scriptures”
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Musical Worldview: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, "Johnny Appleseed"
“Lord, there goes Martin Luther King
Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring
I hear what you're saying, I hear what he's saying
Is what was true now no longer so
Hey, I hear what you're saying
Hey, I hear what he's saying
If you're after getting the honey, hey
Then you don't go killing all the bees”
Musical Worldview: Hiss Golden Messenger, "If It Comes in the Morning"
“hope is contagious”
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Musical Worldview: Mike Doughty, "Move On (Bloom Like the Sunlight in My Song)"
“Yeah, I believe the war is wrong
Don't believe that nations can be steered
Lead the world by smarts and compassion
By example, not coercion, force and fear”