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: 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”

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Musical Worldview: Yo La Tengo, "Ohm"

“Sometimes the bad guys go right on top
Sometimes the good guys lose
We try not to lose our hearts, not to lose our minds

Sometimes the bad days may take their grip
Sometimes the good days fade
But the rain today hurts the drink to drink”

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Musical Worldview: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, 'Love, Come Lighten My Load'

“Love, come lighten my load
Love, come lighten my load
An empty heart is the heaviest weight to hold
Love, come lighten my load . . .

. . . Please take away my doubt
Please take away my fears
Please take away my foolish pride
Open up my hands
Open my arms
Open my eyes
Open my heart up wide
Revolution's on the inside. . . “

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Musical Worldview: Thin Lizzy, "Fight Or Fall"

“What you want?
We gotta fight for one another!”

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Musical Worldview: Brian Eno and David Byrne, "America is Waiting"

“America is waiting for a message of some sort or another.
Takin' it again. Again! Again! Takin' it again.
Well now... no, no... now, we ought to be mad at the government not mad at the people.”

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