ITS CHRISTMAS TIME IN WASHINGTON
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Joan Baez has an undeniably beautiful voice. Her politics are screwy, but hey, who's aren't? She does a nice cover here of Steve Earle's angry/sad song.
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Comments (6)
I lasted about 5 seconds. The excessive vibrato started to make me feel like there was an earthquake in PA. If I'd gotten further into the song I may've discovered screwy politics (Baez AND Earle? There's a recipe for a stew made entirely of left wings of chickens). But I'll never know now.
It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, 'He cannot seek another term They'll be no more FDRs' I sat home in Tennessee Staring at the screen With an uneasy feeling in my chest And I'm wonderin' what it means Chorus: So come back Woody Guthrie Come back to us now Tear your eyes from paradise And rise again somehow If you run into Jesus Maybe he can help you out Come back Woody Guthrie to us now I followed in your footsteps once Back in my travelin' days Somewhere I failed to find your trail Now I'm stumblin' through the haze But there's killers on the highway now And a man can't get around So I sold my soul for wheels that roll Now I'm stuck here in this town Chorus There's foxes in the hen house Cows out in the corn The unions have been busted Their proud red banners torn To listen to the radio You'd think that all was well But you and me and Cisco know It's going straight to hell So come back, Emma Goldman Rise up, old Joe Hill The barracades are goin' up They cannot break our will Come back to us, Malcolm X And Martin Luther King We're marching into Selma As the bells of freedom ring
Many years ago, after attending one of her gigs, the late John Walters wrote a piece in which he referred to her "warbling on with the sort of pious purity that makes you think that, in an emergency, you could use her shit for toothpaste"
good tune.
The unions have been busted? Tell that to the UAW, who are determined that, if they can't maintain uncompetitive salary/benefits the US auto industry, and the US, can go to hell.
i see they've got the ole holiday spirit!