I'm waking up in night terrors Can't stop the future, it keeps pushing me ahead I feel the weight of the world crushing down on me Time seems so linear Decisions seem so absolute
Yeah, it's a harsh realm Yeah, it's a harsh realm Don't abandon me Don't abandon me
There's a million things to get done today I can't calm down, I can't think straight You give a little bit of time to everyone you meet What do you save for yourself? How much money do you need to gain yourself a sense of security?
Yeah, it's a harsh realm Yeah, it's a harsh realm Don't abandon me Don't abandon me
If you're traveling in the north country fair where the winds hit heavy on the borderline remember me to one who lives there for she was once a true love of mine
Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm when the rivers freeze and summer ends please see for me if she's wearing a coat so warm to keep her from the howlin' winds
Please see for me if her hair hangs long if it rolls and flows all down her breast please see for me if her hair's hanging long for that's the way I remember her best
I'm a-wondering if she remembers me at all many times I've hoped and prayed in the darkness of my night in the brightness of my day
So if you're traveling in the north country fair where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Please say hello to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine
A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood A finger fired the trigger to his name A handle hid out in the dark A hand set the spark Two eyes took the aim Behind a man's brain But he can't be blamed He's only a pawn in their game
A South politician preaches to the poor white man "You got more than 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
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid And the marshals and cops get the same But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool He's taught in his school From the start by the rule That the laws are with him To protect his white skin To keep up his hate So he never thinks straight 'Bout the shape that he's in But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks And the hoof beats pound in his brain And he's taught how to walk in a pack Shoot in the back With his fist in a clinch To hang and to lynch To hide 'neath the hood To kill with no pain Like a dog on a chain He ain't got no name But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game
Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught They lowered him down as a king But when the shadowy sun sets on the one That fired the gun He'll see by his grave On the stone that remains Carved next to his name His epitaph plain: Only a pawn in their game
Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love I'm sailin' away in the morning Is there something I can send you from across the sea From the place that I'll be landing?
No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love There's nothin' I wish to be ownin' Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled From across that lonesome ocean
Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine Made of silver or of golden Either from the mountains of Madrid Or from the coast of Barcelona?
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night And the diamonds from the deepest ocean I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'
That I might be gone a long time And it's only that I'm askin' Is there something I can send you to remember me by To make your time more easy passin'?
Oh, how can, how can you ask me again It only brings me sorrow The same thing I want from you today I would want again tomorrow
I got a letter on a lonesome day It was from her ship a-sailin' Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again It depends on how I'm a-feelin'
Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way I'm sure your mind is roarmin' I'm sure your thoughts are not with me But with the country to where you're goin'
So take heed, take heed of the western wind Take heed of the stormy weather And yes, there's something you can send back to me Spanish boots of Spanish leather
My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side
Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh the country was young With God on its side
Oh the Spanish-American War had its day And the Civil War too Was soon laid away And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize With guns in their hands And God on their side
Oh the First World War, boys It closed out its fate The reason for fighting I never got straight But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side
When the Second World War Came to an end We forgave the Germans And we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried The Germans now too Have God on their side
I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life If another war starts 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 the 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
In a many 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 If God's on our side He'll stop the next war
I'm my own man so when will you learn That you got a man but I got to burn Don't make no difference if I end up alone I'd rather have myself a smoke my homegrown
Come senators, congressman Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall
It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command You old road is rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'
• Beirut (music) • Charlotte's Web (reading for the first time thanks to the library) • Basmati rice • "Gone with the Wind" (saw the film for the first time) • Water
“There are replacements for eggs, cheese, milk and meat. But there is no replacement for freedom, the bond between a mother and child, the joy of playing freely in a field, or a life lost.” - Nina Vecchi, Wachusett, Vegan Society
Bertrand Russell on what is worth telling future generations about the life he has lived and the lessons he has learned from it:
"I should like to say two things. One intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say to them is this, when you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe or by what you think would have beneficial social effects if it were believed, but look only and solely at what are the facts. That is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say. The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple, I should say, love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like. We can only live together in that way, but if we are to live together and not die together we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet." - Bertrand Russell
Well I've got a lot, lord, I've got a lot of losing, friends and heroes packing up and moving, One of these days I'll be left with nothing but memories and old time
And I better get accustomed, cause I've got a lot, lord, I got a lot of losing
What can I do to defy you What can I do to deny you 'cause I want no part of this breaking This is a hurtful mistake you are making And to me this love was true and shining These years were real and defining Please don't forget how much I meant to you When you are redefined by someone new
I don't wanna be together I don't wanna be apart I don't want none of this love for you honey Deep, deep down in my heart You were my dream come true Can't you see what you've put me through The love that tears me apart Still beats deep, deep down in my heart Deep, deep, deep down in my heart
Mason Jennings, California Don't you know baby I'm a leading man I dig down deep when i say I love you And I can hold my own with the best of them I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California, I hope that it wakes you From all of the darkness That I couldn't break through
'cause I'm gonna miss you, I'm gonna miss you I'm gonna miss you, I'm gonna miss you
But all along baby it was understood That you were leaving, absolutely Since the very first day we met
California, I hope that it wakes you From all of the darkness That I couldn't break through 'cause I'm gonna miss you, I'm gonna miss you I'm gonna miss you, I'm gonna miss you
Like I miss the ocean When I go to sleep Man, it's gonna break my heart
Mason Jennings, Adrian From now on I am part of you I am the story that you'll tell Let my life empower you Let my trouble teach you well Let your burning hatred go Learn yourself until you know That fear is where all hatred begins We don't fear death my Adrian
Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in. In my head, in my heart, in my soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so.
The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, in your mouth, in your soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I hope so.
I'm high and I'm happy and I'm free I got my whole heartlaid out right in front of me And I finally can seethe way it's always been The need for peacestarts from within So I leave my possessions to the wind And I'm done with ever wanting anything Well I can die satisfied No desires do I hide Not today, not today Nor for the next one thousand lives