[darbymcgill]

For What It's Worth

That song along with "Signs", "Summertime Blues" and a couple others always flash me back to how much of a US v. THEM (the man) mentality there was during that time.

It's very painful to see those times returning.... Maybe they never really left...

[abb]

It's very painful to see those times returning.... Maybe they never really left...

I don't know that it's really such a bad thing. Part of our culture of being Americans is suspicion of "The Man." King George was our forefather's version of him. I think Americans have a very deep inbred view of justice and freedom. It's who we are...

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Though your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing
In a land that's known as freedom
How can such a thing be fair
Won't you please come to Chicago
For the help that we can bring
We can change the world —
Re-arrange the world
It's dying — to get better.......................

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Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
Gonna get down to it soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been down long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know.
Gonna get down to it soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been down long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know

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It's funny...Way back when I just liked the music. I really did not think much of the lyrics.

More than anything, those 2 songs represent the division in this country back then.

My kids think that period was all about hippies and acid rock. They have no clue.