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John McCutcheon - The Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=491.....gZOuA&t=4s
This song was written by John McCutcheon in reaction to Charlottesville, and somehow seems more appropriate today than ever...
McCutcheon wrote:
"I lived in Charlottesville, VA for twenty years, raised my children there. Inspired by the events of August 12, 2017."
He sat there on his front porch
Beneath a clear, blue sky
In his 92nd year
As the crowd went roaring by
The signs, the chants, the shouts, the rants
The flag he knew too well
He slowly shook his head and said,
“Goddam them all to hell!”
I was on the beach that morning
Where half my company died
The history books now say
It was the day that turned the tide
Back home our families all pitched in
Saved tires and tin foil, too
We realized that evil
Had a name that we all knew
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
Now 70 years later
Here they are again
None of them was even born
But I was present when
We liberated Birkenau
I still see every face
I didn’t fight the Nazis
To allow them in this place
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
No, I don’t believe that wars start
With the bullet or the bomb
It begins in homes and hearts
With the innocent and young
No one is born to hatred
They must be fed the lie
And we’re left with the carnage
And these bastards marching by
I no longer wield the weapons
That I did in my youth
What I have to offer now
Is memory and truth
No one can sit idly
After what we’ve seen today
Either stand up and be counted
Or get the hell out of the way
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
©2017 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP)
August 19, 2017
Easton, MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=491.....gZOuA&t=4s
This song was written by John McCutcheon in reaction to Charlottesville, and somehow seems more appropriate today than ever...
McCutcheon wrote:
"I lived in Charlottesville, VA for twenty years, raised my children there. Inspired by the events of August 12, 2017."
He sat there on his front porch
Beneath a clear, blue sky
In his 92nd year
As the crowd went roaring by
The signs, the chants, the shouts, the rants
The flag he knew too well
He slowly shook his head and said,
“Goddam them all to hell!”
I was on the beach that morning
Where half my company died
The history books now say
It was the day that turned the tide
Back home our families all pitched in
Saved tires and tin foil, too
We realized that evil
Had a name that we all knew
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
Now 70 years later
Here they are again
None of them was even born
But I was present when
We liberated Birkenau
I still see every face
I didn’t fight the Nazis
To allow them in this place
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
No, I don’t believe that wars start
With the bullet or the bomb
It begins in homes and hearts
With the innocent and young
No one is born to hatred
They must be fed the lie
And we’re left with the carnage
And these bastards marching by
I no longer wield the weapons
That I did in my youth
What I have to offer now
Is memory and truth
No one can sit idly
After what we’ve seen today
Either stand up and be counted
Or get the hell out of the way
Woody Guthrie had this guitar
With the best sign I have seen
“This machine kills fascists”
We must be the machine
©2017 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP)
August 19, 2017
Easton, MD
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