Musical Worldview: Bob Dylan: "Only A Pawn In Their Game" (Live at the 1963 March On Washington)

“A South politician preaches to the poor white man:
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain
You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explain
And the Negro's name
Is used, it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game”

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Musical Worldview: John Prine, "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore"

“While digesting Reader's Digest
in the back of a dirty book store
A plastic flag, with gum on the back
fell out on the floor
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside,
slapped it on my window shield
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel
But your flag decal
won't get you into Heaven anymore
They're already overcrowded
from your dirty little war
Now Jesus don't like killin',
no matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore.”

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Musical Worldview: Grateful Dead, "Uncle John's Band"

“Well the first days are the hardest days,
don't you worry any more
'Cause when life looks like easy street,
there is danger at your door
Think this through with me,
let me know your mind
Woah-oh, what I want to know,
is are you kind?”

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Musical Worldview (Solo Piano Edition): Bill Evans, 'Peace Piece'

(From the Youtube page): “Bill Evans's "Peace Piece" is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" LP in 1958. It is hailed as one of the most beautiful and evocative solo piano improvisations ever recorded.”

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Musical Worldview: Bob Dylan: "With God On Our Side"

‪“Well you don’t count the dead,‬
‪when God’s on your side”‬

‪“You never ask questions‬
‪when God’s on your side”‬

“I've learned to hate the Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side

But now we got weapons
Of chemical dust
If fire them, we're forced to
Then fire, them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side

Through many a dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ was
Betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side

‪“So now as I'm leavin'‬
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
That if God's on our side
He'll stop the next war”

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Musical Worldview: Tupac, 'Keep Ya Head Up'

“You know it's funny, when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor
Said it ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is
It ain't no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy”

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Musical Worldview: the Smiths, 'Death of a Disco Dancer'

"The death of a disco dancer

Well, it happens a lot 'round here
And if you think Peace
Is a common goal
That goes to show
How little you know

The death of a disco dancer
Well, I'd rather not get involved
I never talk to my neighbour
I'd rather not get involved
Oh

Love, peace and harmony?
Love, peace and harmony?
Oh, very nice
Very nice
Very nice
Very nice
But maybe in the next world”

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Musical Worldview: Christmas Hymn Edition: Sarah McLachlan, 'O Holy Night'

“Truly He taught us to love one another

His law is love and His gospel is peace

Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother

And in His name all oppression shall cease

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,

Let all within us praise His holy name”

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Musical Worldview: the Smiths, 'Ask'

“if it's not love
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb
The bomb, the bomb
The bomb that will bring us together”

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Musical Worldview: Pedro the Lion, 'My Phoenix'

“I memorized the verses
And the names of every road
Then studying the history saw how badly things can go

And I thought you saw it too
I swear I learned it all from you
But now our home is burning and you don't have a clue

From a disappointed son
To the city that he loves
The flags you wave around have got me wondering . . .

My Phoenix
My Phoenix
If my Phoenix still shines
If my Phoenix will rise

If the vision of the Christ
My family sees
Is not the revision's greatest enemy

Then I still try to tune it in
When I get lonely
You know I chase around this desert because I think that's where you'll be

Whether high and lifted up
Or the dust becoming dust
Somehow I'm still in love

With my Phoenix
My Phoenix
My Phoenix still shines
My Phoenix will rise”

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Musical Worldview: Grateful Dead, "Playing In The Band"

“Some folks trust to reason
Others trust in might . . .

Say it once again now
Oh I hope you understand
When it's done and over
Lord, a man is just a man

Some folks look for answers
Others look for fights
Some folks climb the treetops
Just looking for their kites

. . . If a man among you
Got no sin upon his hand,
Let him cast a stone at me
For playing in the band . . . “

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Musical Worldview: Dub Syndicate, "More and More"

“What more do you want?

What do you want more for?”

Turning on the taps of wastefulness,

we don’t want no part of this.

And still you want more.

More than you have any use for.”

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Musical Worldview: Sammy Brue, "Control Freak"

“I wanna be happy, but the methods I use are against me.”

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Musical Worldview: Rainer, "Sometimes It's Hard"

“Sometimes it’s hard to remember

Sometimes it’s hard to recall

The reasons why we’re here

The reasons why we’re even here at all

Then it hits me, hits me like a big jolt

Coming straight into my brain

That the only reasons why we’re here

Is just to love away the pain

Yeah we’re here just to love away the pain

Cause it’s a painful world we live in

Painful yes it’s true

And the only thing we’ve been given

Is just enough love to pull us through

Take a good look around you

Tell me what do you see?

Half the world is paying for love

Paying for love that should be free

Yes, so now it’s back to the trenches

Finding love in a rude world”

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Musical Worldview: Hiss Golden Messenger, "Katy (You Don’t Have to Be Good Yet)"

“If you turn from the world
There are colors you'll never see”

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Musical Worldview: Howe Gelb, "Love Knows (No Borders)"

“Well, welcome to the season
of suspicion and what not
where the only reason
is based on why not
maybe your bank account
is not a high enough amount
just jingling your pockets
full of quarters, well
Love knows no borders.”

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Musical Worldview: Solomon Burke, "Diamond In Your Mind"

“Oh always keep a diamond in your mind
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind”

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Musical Worldview: Wilco, "Love Is Everywhere (Beware)"

“So many things I do

I can't explain to you

Right now, right now

Love is everywhere

Right now, I'm frightened how

Love is here, beware”

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Musical Worldview: Wilco, "One and a Half Stars"

“There is no mother like pain”

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Musical Worldview: Wilco, "Everyone Hides"

“If you're telling yourself a story
Where the secrets twist like vines
And you know where the bodies are buried
But you can't remember where you buried the mines”

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