In response to Queenemuse posting Frank Zappa lyrics which she compared to
Garth's "We shall be free," I have posted Brook's lyrics here. This is one
of my all time favorite songs, without question. It brings up injustices I
think about alot. For the country music industry (and the music industry in
general) these lyrics are very powerful. It took me a long time to even
find the lyrics due to Garth's recording company going after website owners
with lawsuits but the net is a big place! :)
"We Shall Be Free"
This aint comin from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand
When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'Cause we shall be free
When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this worlds big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
'Cause we shall be free
And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there's only one race and thats mankind
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straigt,
walk proud,
have a little faith,
hold out
We shall be free
We Shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight,
have a little faith
We shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Queenemuse in quoting Zappa lyrics wrote:
There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and
dance and love (dance and love.)
There will come a time when every evil that we know will be an evil that we
can rise above (rise above)
Who cares if you;re so poor you can't afford to buy a pair of
Mod-a-Gogostretch elastic pants.
There will comea a time when you won't even be ashamed if you can't dance.
WA WA WA WAAAAA
There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and
dance and love (dance and love.)
There will come a time when every evil that we know will be an evil that we
can rise above (rise above)
Who cares if hair is long or short are frayed or slightly grayed we know
That hair ain't where it's at!
There will come a time when you won't even be ashamed if you are fat! WA WA
WA WA(Frank Zappa)
(compare to Garth Brook’s song)
(end)
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