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I love the music of that era, but don't know the song. What's it called?
So many people don’t remember the 1960s well, much (lots) of the 1960s/hippie music was upbeat and positive, in this case, I see this song as patriotic.
This is typical Sonny being hip, topical, sincere, hippieish, yet with a positive, truthful American sentiment, especially for those passionate times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxm-2Uhjq18
(1965) The Revolution Kind Lyrics
I’m glad I’m here just like you
& if I say a thing or 2
That doesn’t mean I’m all that mad
Or that I think this place is bad
We got a land, that land is free
& no one loves it more than me
But a man’s got a right to talk about what’s on his mind
That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the revolution kind
Destruction’s near, we heard him moan
But I got conclusions of my own
& I got some kids I have to teach
That if somebody makes a speech
& with what he says, you don’t agree
Just let him scream “The land is free!”
‘Cause a man’s got a right to talk about what’s on his mind
That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the revolution kind
These words have all been said before
By men who had to go to war
By men who cried & kissed their wives
By men who had to give their life
By better men, my friend, than me
That’s why this land we have is free
‘Cause a man’s got a right to talk about what’s on his mind
That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the revolution kind
(repeat & fade):
Oh no