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Living In These Times by David Rovics
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fave it Political | Modern Folk
17 tracks | 67 minutes
Released Apr 2004
on David Rovics
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 The Dying Firefighter lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 The Dying Firefighter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 The Dying Firefighter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 From Kabul to Khartoum lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 From Kabul to Khartoum lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 From Kabul to Khartoum
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 St. Patrick Battalion lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 St. Patrick Battalion lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 St. Patrick Battalion
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:46 Who Will Tell the People lyrics BUY MP3 05:46 Who Will Tell the People lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:46 Who Will Tell the People
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:44 The Rinky Dink Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:44 The Rinky Dink Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:44 The Rinky Dink Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Shut Them Down lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Shut Them Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Shut Them Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:54 Behind the Barricades lyrics BUY MP3 01:54 Behind the Barricades lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:54 Behind the Barricades
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:36 Song for Basra lyrics BUY MP3 03:36 Song for Basra lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:36 Song for Basra
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:56 International Terrorists lyrics BUY MP3 02:56 International Terrorists lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:56 International Terrorists
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 Trading With the Enemy lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 Trading With the Enemy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 Trading With the Enemy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 No One Is Illegal lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 No One Is Illegal lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 No One Is Illegal
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 My Daughter lyrics BUY MP3 03:51 My Daughter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:51 My Daughter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 I Remember Warsaw lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 I Remember Warsaw lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 I Remember Warsaw
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 Children of Jerusalem lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 Children of Jerusalem lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 Children of Jerusalem
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 DU lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 DU lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 DU
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 Polyamory Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 Polyamory Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 Polyamory Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 The Jewel of Bucharest lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 The Jewel of Bucharest lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 The Jewel of Bucharest
Modern folk songs of social significance
Bio / Background
This is was written in late September, 2001 by John O'Connor, a poet and labor organizer living in New York City.
My City
What if life were long
and eternity short?
In my city innocent people
are killed by a thunderous
terror from above. Vendors
in the street are pummeled
by rubble. Men and women
on their way to work are greeted
with the anonymous hatred
of those they have never met.
Janitors, businessmen, clerks,
cooks, construction workers, the rescue
workers who risk all to help these.
My beloved city showered with death.
We cry up and ask, in the midst
of the screams of loved ones,
why do they hate us so?
Why do they do this to our city,
to our lives?
My stomach turns in on itself.
The people I love, burning, dissolving,
dying. The city I love, attacked
from above. My brothers in agony.
My sisters. Children. Mothers. Dead.
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